（北京综合电）曾经在007电影系列中担任男主角的英国演员罗杰·摩尔（Roger Moore），昨天斥责北京市内的多家酒店和学校，因为它们拒绝接待一群到京参加夏令营的爱之病孤儿。
据路透社报道，摩尔指这些酒店与学校“应该羞耻得去上吊”，居然拒绝帮忙72名因为爱之病而失去父母的孩子。
摩尔是以联合国儿童基金会亲善大使的身份访华，宣传由联合国儿童基金会、中国关心下一代工作委员会与中国预防性病爱之病基金会共同主办的“阳光下我们一起成长”首届关怀爱之病致孤儿童夏令营。
这项夏令营前天在人民大会堂举行了开营仪式。72名自愿报名的夏令营成员来自山西、吉林、四川、河南和云南等地，年龄从9岁到16岁。他们都是由于父母一方或双方因为爱之病死亡致孤、本人身体健康的儿童。
不过，中国媒体报道说，北京的30、40家酒店和学校早前纷纷拒绝接待他们，最后是一家远离市中心、位于北京西部城郊的石景山八大处西翠会馆接下了这批客人。
摩尔说，这种歧视反映了中国国内对爱之病与其传播方式有广泛的误解，但他有信心问题能够解决。
摩尔在记者会上说：“尽管艰苦，我们一定能战胜。但我们必须让一般人知道，不应该给人贴上标签。”
北京当局估计中国的爱之病人与病毒携带者多达84万人，但外国专家认为有关人数更可能在100至150万之间。联合国曾经警告说，如果不加以控制疫情，有关人数可以增至1000万。
联合国儿童基金会说，中国一共有7万8000名儿童因为爱之病致孤。
在上述为期5天的夏令营中，72名爱之病孤儿将游览北京的名胜古迹，观看儿童剧，与首都青少年联谊，甚至有机会能和航天英雄杨利伟见面。
Ex-007 hits China hotels for shunning AIDS kids
Wed 11 August, 2004 06:41
BEIJING (Reuters) - Former James Bond actor Sir Roger Moore has taken aim at hotels and schools in the Chinese capital for turning away a group of AIDS orphans in town for a three-day summer camp.
Now a UNICEF goodwill envoy visiting China to draw attention to the problems of children orphaned by the country's HIV/AIDS crisis, Moore said on Wednesday Beijing hotels, hostels and schools "should hang their heads in shame" for not helping the 72 children.
Chinese newspapers reported in recent days that the children, attending a UNICEF camp which opened on Tuesday, had been turned away by 30 to 40 hotels or schools.
China estimates it has 840,000 people with HIV/AIDS, but experts say the figure is more likely to be between 1 million and 1.5 million. The United Nations says the number could rise to 10 million if the epidemic is not treated seriously.
Some 78,000 children have lost parents to AIDS in China, UNICEF says.
The discrimination reflected widespread misconceptions about HIV/AIDS and how it is transmitted, but Moore said he was hopeful that China could overcome the problem.
"The battle will be won," the actor told a news conference. "It is an uphill battle, but it will be, and we must get across, with your help, to people that there should be no stigma."
Misunderstanding of AIDS in China runs deep, despite recent signs from the central government that it is serious about tackling the problem.
Reports of detention and harassment of AIDS activists continue. This week the Aizhixing Institute of Health Education said Li Dan, an activist who attended the 15th International AIDS Conference in Bangkok in July, had been detained briefly in the central province of Henan.
Li founded the Orchid School in Shangqiu city, which authorities closed and sealed in July.
Asked about the detention, UNICEF representative Dr Christian Voumard declined to comment directly but said there was a lag in the education process.
"It is a fact, I think, that we should recognise that not everyone yet is really acting in the proper way at all levels, especially the local levels, due, very often, to also some ignorance, a fact that is being addressed now," he said.
A Chinese official said she knew nothing of the detention.
"As for the issue you've just raised, as the responsible department we, and even the Health Ministry, have not heard this news," said Chai Xiaolin of the international department of the Commerce Ministry, which is a partner of UNICEF.
"There are channels for, and ways to carry out AIDS propaganda work," she said.
"I think, if you do it legally and through the right channels, and reflect their true thoughts on AIDS, the whole society, including the government and groups, will give support."