22nd International Candlelight Memorial

Canberra’s annual AIDS Candlelight Memorial takes on a new urgency this Sunday as HIV infection rates in Australia begin to rise again and the International Memorial Day reaches its 22nd year. On 15 May 2005, the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial was held in more than 3000 communities and 85 countries, making it the largest AIDS event ever.

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The AIDS Action Council warmly thanks all those who attended the Ecumenical Service and the Candlelight Ceremony, as we remembered those we have lost to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, showed support for those living with HIV, and recommitted ourselves to action.

Photographs from the events will be available shortly. The following speeches are available online:

Joey Tabone, President of the AIDS Action Council

The following events were held on Sunday 15 May 2005:

	5.30pm - 6.30pm: Ecumenical Memorial Service All Saints Church, Cowper St, Ainslie
	7.00pm - 8.30pm: Candlelight Memorial Ceremony Including unfolding of panels of the Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt National Museum of Australia, Acton

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