Queen Noor Attends (RED) Auction

Queen Noor of Jordan, elegantly dressed in red, made an appearance at a contemporary art auction organized by Sotheby's and Manhattan's Gagosian Gallery last night. The (RED) Auction raised $42.58 million dollars. (RED) “was created by Bono and Bobby Shriver” as an “economic initiative designed to create awareness and a sustainable flow of money from the private sector into the Global Fund, to fight the AIDS pandemic in Africa.” Back in October, Noor’s royal counterpart, Queen Rania, supported Bobby Shriver at a (RED) launch in New York with Hallmark Cards, Inc.

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Denmark's Countess of Frederiksborg Recommences AIDS Campaign

As Patron of the Danish National Committee for UNICEF, Alexandra, countess of Frederiksborg, recommenced the Unite for Children, Unite Against AIDS campaign in Denmark yesterday. In her remarks, Alexandra spoke of the anguish that parents feel when their child succumbs to a disease that could have been obviated. “No mother or father should ever experience the incomprehensible sorrow of losing their child and know that it could have been prevented,” she asserted.

For more information on UNICEF’s Unite for Children, Unite Against AIDS, visit the official website.