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UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock and UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador Annie Lennox perform at the ‘Uniting for an AIDS-free generation' event at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on the eve of the AIDS 2012 Conference, 21 July 2012. Credit: UNAIDS/C.Kleponis

Renowned musician and UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador Annie Lennox performs at the ‘Uniting for an AIDS-free generation’ event at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on the eve of the AIDS 2012 Conference, 21 July 2012. Credit: UNAIDS/C.Kleponis

UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibé, speaks at the 'Uniting for an AIDS-free generation' event at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on the eve of the AIDS 2012 Conference, 21 July 2012. Credit: UNAIDS/C.Kleponis

American singer-songwriter Joan Osborne performs at the 'Uniting for an AIDS-free generation' event at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on the eve of the AIDS 2012 Conference, 21 July 2012. Credit: UNAIDS/C.Kleponis

Patti Austin sings at the 'Uniting for an AIDS-free generation' event at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on the eve of the AIDS 2012 Conference, 21 July 2012. Credit: UNAIDS/C.Kleponis

Vicki Reggie Kennedy addresses the audience at the ‘Uniting for an AIDS-free generation' event at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on the eve of the AIDS 2012 Conference, 21 July 2012. Credit: UNAIDS/C.Kleponis

Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to President Barack Obama, addresses the audience at the ‘Uniting for an AIDS-free generation' event at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on the eve of the AIDS 2012 Conference, 21 July 2012. Credit: UNAIDS/C.Kleponis

U.S. Senator Norman Coleman (R-Minn.) and U.S. Congresswomen Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) speak at the ‘Uniting for an AIDS-free generation' event at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on the eve of the AIDS 2012 Conference, 21 July 2012. Credit: UNAIDS/C.Kleponis

Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church, addresses the audience at the ‘Uniting for an AIDS-free generation' event at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on the eve of the AIDS 2012 Conference, 21 July 2012. Credit: UNAIDS/C.Kleponis

Tony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), speaks at the ‘Uniting for an AIDS-free generation' event at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on the eve of the AIDS 2012 Conference, 21 July 2012. Credit: UNAIDS/C.Kleponis

Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, addresses the audience at the ‘Uniting for an AIDS-free generation' event at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on the eve of the AIDS 2012 Conference, 21 July 2012. Credit: UNAIDS/C.Kleponis

Barbara Bush speaks at the ‘Uniting for an AIDS-free generation' event at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, while Jake Glaser and Kweku Mandela look on. The event was held on the eve of the AIDS 2012 Conference, 21 July 2012. Credit: UNAIDS/C.Kleponis

American singer Alicia Keys addresses the audience at the ‘Uniting for an AIDS-free generation' event at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, while Jake Glaser and Kweku Mandela look on. The event was held on the eve of the AIDS 2012 Conference, 21 July 2012. Credit: UNAIDS/C.Kleponis

Performers and special guests join the African Children’s Choir for the finale at the ‘Uniting for an AIDS-free generation' event at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on the eve of the AIDS 2012 Conference, 21 July 2012. Credit: UNAIDS/C.Kleponis

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Stars and activists turn out to ‘Unite for an AIDS-Free Generation’

21 July 2012

On the eve of the opening of the International AIDS Conference, a stellar cast of artists, political leaders, and community activists came to Washington, D.C. to mark more than three decades of the global AIDS response. The event, held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, united some of the leading voices in the global effort to achieve an AIDS-free generation. The event kicked off the weeklong AIDS 2012 conference, being held in the U.S. for the first time in more than two decades.