June 24, 2010
Dear UNAIDS:
We are an assembly of civil society organizations in China, primarily composed of young individuals. We are deeply engaged in HIV/AIDS issues in our country. Today, we are writing to you in order to express our heartfelt thanks to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS). UNAIDS has done a lot for the cause of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment in China over the past ten years. We would especially like to thank Joel Rehnstrom, the former UNAIDS country coordinator in China who is a great man! We all miss him very much, and would like to pay our respects to him for his great work in China!
Joel Rehnstrom worked in China for 5 years, during which time he greatly promoted HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, and helped PLWHAs in China protect their basic human rights. He paid great attention to Chinese AIDS activists, and tried to help them whenever they were subject to a serious violation of human rights, such as with Hu Jia’s sentencing, Li Xige’s arrest, Wan Yanhai’s loss, and the banning of Chang Kun’s Xinjiang AIDS Institute. Mr. Rehnstrom would ask his colleagues to contact clients as soon as possible to show his sympathy and kindness, and would communicate with the government to help us. Because of his work on HIV/AIDS and human rights in China, the China AIDS campaign was moving fast!
We would like to express our thanks to UNAIDS for sending such a great staff to work on promoting the AIDS Campaign in China, for holding the Chinese government to its promises, and for protecting the human rights of AIDS activists and PLWHAs. The emphasis you put on the China AIDS Campaign was a very wise decision. We all miss Joel Rehnstrom very much!
Wan Yanhai, one of the most famous AIDS and Human Rights activists, praised Joel Rehnstrom highly: “Joel Rehnstrom paid great attention to AIDS prevention work in China. When AIDS activists would face “overriding conditions”, they would receive a telephone call of sympathy from UNAIDS and Joel Rehnstrom. We all thank him a lot.”
Lu Jun, a famous anti-discrimination activist, wrote in his blog: “Joel Rehnstrom is a man that never goes back on his word and is always exceptionally vigorous in work. He is selfless, and he really treats the Chinese people as his friends. He values the cause of AIDS prevention and treatment in China. We all admire him very much.”
Chang Kun, coordinator of the China Youth HIV/AIDS Assembly, said: “Because of Joel Rehnstrom, UNAIDS is a department that really works for AIDS prevention and treatment in China. Without him, the UNAIDS office in China is only a bureaucratic apparatus. Chinese people will never forget Joel Rehnstrom for his great work and efforts made to promote China’s AIDS prevention and human rights causes. I would personally like to thank him for his care regarding Snow Lotus.”
Li Xige, an activist living with AIDS, appraised Joel Rehnstrom as being “a man full of mercy, love, and responsibility. He helped to protect the human rights of people living with HIV/AIDS in China without caring about recognition or reward. He paid great attention to my status as I went in and out of prison. He cared about my family, and urged the local government to resolve the problems that had developed between me and them.”
Such appraisals are countless.
Thank you, UNAIDS. And, thank you, Joel Rehnstrom. We sincerely hope that UNAIDS will help promote HIV/AIDS campaigns in China as they have done in the past. We also hope that they will continue to promote the AIDS and human rights movements in China by encouraging the Chinese government to keep their promises, and by taking care of Chinese AIDS activists.
Please give our regards to Mr. Joel Rehnstrom! We are very thankful for his work in China, and are missing him very much! We hope he can come back to China, whether for work or just to meet his old friends.
Sincerely，
The China Youth HIV/AIDS Assembly
June 24, 2010
尊敬的UNAIDS：
您们好！
我们是中国公民社会组织的一些年轻人，我们投身于中国的艾滋病防治的事业。今天我们给您们写信是因为——我们衷心地感谢联合国艾滋病规划署10多年来对中国的艾滋病防治事业的支持和帮助，尤其感谢前任联合国艾滋病规划署国家协调员雷诺舟先生,他是一个非常伟大的人。我们非常的怀念他在中国所开展的工作，向他致敬！
雷诺舟先生在职的5年之中，不仅推动了中国艾滋病工作的长足有效进展，更维护了广大艾滋病病毒携带者和艾滋病人的基本权益。在中国艾滋病动出现重大人权侵犯的时候，比如胡佳被判刑、李喜阁被多次软禁、万延海被多次失踪、常坤的艾滋病组织被取缔等，他都积极地安排工作人员与我们联系，表示关心和慰问！还积极地和相关中国政府部门联系，以此来帮助我们。在他对中国艾滋病和人权工作的支持下，中国的艾滋病运动蓬勃发展！
我们非常感谢联合国艾滋病规划署能够派出这么好的工作人员来华工作，推动中国艾滋病运动，监督和倡导中国政府履行承诺，维护中国艾滋病积极分子和感染者的人权；这是对中国艾滋病运动的重视，是非常明智的决定。我们很怀念他！
中国著名的艾滋病活动家、人权活动家万延海先生这样评价雷诺舟先生：雷诺舟先生在中国任职期间，悉心地关注中国的艾滋病干预工作，每当艾滋病活动家以及艾滋病人遇到意外的状况的时候，都会接到来自联合国艾滋病机构的电话询问，都会受到雷诺舟先生的关注。我们感激这样的一个人。
中国著名的反歧视公益人士陆军在他的博客中写到：雷诺周先生是一个一诺千金、雷厉风行的人，是一个无私的人，他真正的把中国人当成朋友，真正的把中国的艾滋病与干预事业作为自己的事业和价值追求，我们敬佩这样的一个人。
中国青年艾滋病网络协调员常坤曾说：因为有了雷诺舟，UNAIDS China才像是在主导艾滋病防治运动，离开了他，简直就是个衙门。雷诺舟先生对于中国艾滋病和人权事业付出了艰辛的努力是不会被中国人所遗忘的。特别感谢他在新疆雪莲花艾滋病组织被新疆政府取缔期间的关心和支持！
艾滋病人李喜阁女士这样评价雷诺舟先生：他是一个有慈悲心、一个有爱心、一个有责任心，默默的无闻的帮着中国感染艾滋病人群的权益的人。他热心地关注我进出监狱的情况以及身体状况，关心我的家人，敦促政府解决历史遗留的问题。
……
类似这样的评价不胜枚举，
非常感谢UNAIDS，也衷心地希望UNAIDS能够一如既往的推动中国艾滋病运动，促进中国艾滋病人权事业的发展，监督和倡导中国政府履行承诺，关心参与艾滋病运动的积极分子；
请转达雷诺舟先生，我们非常感谢他在华的工作；我们很想念他，并希望他能够在方便的时候回到中国来，来工作或者仅见见他的这些老朋友。
谢谢！
中国青年艾滋病网络
2010年6月24日
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常坤
中国青年艾滋病网络 总协调人
北京益仁平中心 理事
Chang Kun
General Coordinator of China Youth HIV/AIDS Assembly
Board Member and Co-founder of Beijing Yirenping Center
MSN：13349108944@189.cn
Email：changkun2010@gmail.com
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旗下网站：
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――艾博聚合（艾滋病博客群
）http://www.wanyanhai.org
――中国艾滋病网络( Email Group with over 2400 members)：http://www.ChinaAIDSgroup.org 【http://chinaaidsgroup.blogspot.com 】
――中国艾滋病地图/China AIDS Map：http://www.AIDSmaps.org
――空腹健身运动：http://www.HungerStrikeforAIDS.org
――艾滋人权 AIDS Rights： http://www.AIDSrights.net
――为艾滋病防治努力一生：Http://www.changkun.org
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