Janet Jackson, Bill Clinton AIDS Austrian bash

Vienna - Janet Jackson, former President of United States Bill Clinton and Brooke Shields has joined thousands of revellers in costume risk life ball Saturday, Austrian fundraising flamboyant for people with HIV and AIDS.

The trio was among a series of celebrities who participated in opening ceremony flashy outside of Vienna City Hall which included a fashion show and live acts by Natasha Bedingfield, Holly Johnson and Natalia kills.

Clinton recalled the revellers-several parts of the body private covering with nothing more than the painting, feathers or Strings - that a large number of people infected with the virus are not still obtain access to the treatment of rescue.

"We are here tonight because 10 million people in poor countries still need to be on medicine and if you want to reduce the rate of infection, if you want to reduce the mortality rate, we complete the work,"he says."

In 2002, Clinton has created an initiative to facilitate access to antiretroviral treatment and improving national health systems in developing countries.

Jackson recalled how in 1998, the South African AIDS activist was beaten to death by his neighbours after announcing on television that she was HIV-positive.

Previously, she told reporters that every little bit helps when it comes to fighting AIDS.

"We cannot continue to let this happen," said Jackson, who is a representative of the amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS research.

Brooke Shields, presented in the same time, a euro100, 000 price hope Crystal at Anya Saran, CEO of Andrey Rylkov Foundation for health and Social Justice which runs projects in Russia, where those who are HIV-positive are often stigmatized.

"It is definitely an Angel", shields said Saran.

In a speech video, former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan called for an ongoing action to ensure progress.

"We need constantly to renew our commitment and measure our success not in terms of resolutions past, but in the lives of future generations saved," he said. "We all have a role to play."