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UNI Post & Logistics Global Union proudly attended the presentation to the winner of the UPU World Post Day letter writing competition by the UPU Director General, Edouard Dayan. The competition this year required entrants to write about the fight against HIV AIDS which is the subject of a joint UNI ILO UPU UNAIDS project.



This years winner was Ho Thi Hieu Hien, 12, from Vietnam, who was at UPU headquarters in Bern to receive her prize and learn more about the organization and the Swiss capital.

The Vietnamese student was very comfortable as she read her moving letter on the importance of raising awareness of HIV/AIDS to some 250 delegates attending the plenary session of the UPU Council of Administration.

Her winning composition for the UPU competition was a letter addressed to Zhang Yimou, China’s famous film director, which captured the hearts and minds of the jury.

Hien's letter and those of the other place getters can letter can be viewed at; http://www.upu.int/en/the-upu/international-letter-writing-competition-for-young-people/2010-competition/winning-letters.html

The UNI joint project on HIV AIDS is now in its second phase which is designed to raise awareness amongst workers as to their rights and obligations with respect to AIDS. Jointly with the UPU, the ILO and UNI AIDS, UNI has produced guidelines for workers and employers on how to deal with HIV AIDS in the workplace.