Suu Kyi has given us a glimpse of her thinking on discrimination. And a clue to why she discriminates against the Rohingya. She says:

"We fear what we perceive to be a threat to our own well-being, we fear what we do not understand, but above all we fear difference."

How true.

Jamie

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MAKING ZERO
DISCRIMINATION
A REALITY
DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI

House Representative and Chair of the
National League f or Democracy
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
UNAIDS Global Advocate f or
Zero Discrimination

One of the biggest challenges facing people living with HIV
is the stigma that they face every day. The stigma associated
with this epidemic is uniquely virulent. It is a stigma
that still exists in almost every quarter of the world, even
among communities that, thanks to intensive educational
efforts over the past 15 years, should know better.

This stigma, and its ever-present companion, discrimination,
is borne from fear. We fear what we perceive to be a threat
to our own well-being, we fear what we do not understand,
but above all we fear difference.

This discrimination has three main consequences. It
compounds greatly the difficulties and suffering faced by
people living with HIV. It reduces the willingness of people
who might be at risk to access testing and thus undermines
prevention efforts. And this discrimination deprives our
society of the valuable contributions that people living with
HIV are capable of making.

That is why tackling this discrimination is not only the right
thing to do, but it is also in all of our interests. Every one of
us has a personal responsibility to do what we can to break
down this stigma and the taboos that surround it.

As we mark 15 years since the introduction of the Millennium
Development Goals, I commend all those who have worked
so hard to reverse the spread of HIV and who are striving to
ensure universal access for treatment for everyone in need.
Today, as we look ahead to the next 15 years, we must place
the goal of zero discrimination at the heart of our collective
commitment to end the epidemic and improve the lives of
all people living with HIV.

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