One Minute of Your Life
One Minute of Your Life
One Minute of Your Life

One Minute of Your Life

Bono is among a stellar group of musicians joining forces with NelsonMandela to highlight the global AIDS crisis.

22 Oct 2003
Bono is among a stellar group of musicians joining forces with NelsonMandela to highlight the global AIDS crisis.

Anastacia, Baaba Maal, Beyonce, Johnny Clegg, The Corrs, Eurythmics,Moloko, Ladysmith Black Mombaza, Queen, and Zucchero are among those whowill take part in a globally televised concert in Cape Town next month.

The 46664 campaign (Nelson Mandela's prison number on Robben Island for 18years) is calling for people to give one minute and
- join a global petition via local call-in numbers on which they can hearsongs written by contributing artists
- contribute directly to the fight against AIDS in Africa
- visit the 46664 website tohear more music; buy exclusive 46664 tracks; download ringtones; makedonations and sign up to the campaign.

The first track - '46664 (Long Walk to Freedom)' written by Bono, DaveStewart and the late Joe Strummer and performed by Bono, Youssou N'Dour,Abdel and Dave Stewart - is released today.

In London yesterday, Nelson Mandela said the 46664 campaign will pressuregovernments to declare a global AIDS emergency - demanding developed countrygovernments give much more to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, and working toget 3 million people living with AIDS on life saving anti-retrovirals by2005.

'A tragedy of unprecedented proportions is unfolding in Africa,' said MrMandela. 'Aids today in Africa is claiming more lives than the sum total ofall wars, famines and floods and the ravages of such deadly diseases asMalaria.
'We must act now for the sake of the world. Aids is no longer a disease itis a human rights issue.'

The all star concert will take place at Greenpoint Stadium in Cape Town onNovember 29th - just before before World AIDS Day. As well as 40,000 peopleattending the 3-hour show, it will be broadcast free around the world viaTV, webcast and radio.

In a music industry first, '46664 (Long Walk to Freedom)' will only beavailable via telephone lines, then subsequently on the web atwww.46664.com

Audiences can listen by dialling different numbers throughout the world,which will in most countries incorporate the five digits 46664. In the UKthe number is 09060 1 46664 - more country numbers as we get them.

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