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To: calgal who wrote (144297)	10/9/1999 10:37:00 PM
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<OT> Rock Stars, U.N. Unite For Virtual Concert netaid.org October 9, 1999 6:37 PM EDT By Alice Ratcliffe GENEVA (Reuters) - Showbusiness elite joined UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in Geneva Saturday night in a vast effort to harness music and the Internet to fight world poverty. NetAid -- organized by the United Nations Development Program and Cisco Systems -- hoped to lure millions to the virtual site, starting with the 11-hour Transatlantic concert. Geneva is one of the three venues hosting the overlapping performances, which started at Wembley Stadium in London, and moves from Switzerland to Giants Stadium in New York. Musicians included the re-united English rock duo The Eurythmics, who opened the show in London, George Michael and Pete Townsend, Wyclef Jean of the Fugees, Bono of the Irish rock group U2, Sting, Sheryl Crow, singer Bryan Ferry, rap singer Puff Daddy and South African band Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Annan, speaking from the Palais des Nations, invited virtual viewers to click on ``give' in order to make an online donation. ``In three days time, there will be six billion human beings. Nearly half of them will have to survive on two dollars a day or less,' said Annan. ``And now every one of us can help change it, with a click of the mouse on the Internet Web site. There are no more excuses. Let's bring on a new day,' he said. HOPES OF MILLIONS OF DONORS IN CYBERSPACE He spoke to a live, invitation-only audience here, and what was hoped to be several million more donors in cyberspace. Actor Michael Douglas, who once played greedy financier Gordon Gekko in the movie Wall Street, made a plea for peace: ``On the eve of the Y2K, let us resolve -- more importantly let us act -- to see that the immoral and deadly use of arms gives way to the healing and compassionate use of our hands and our hearts.' ``One death, is to the victim, an occasion of mass destruction,' he said, before introducing rock singer Ferry to a tuxedoed audience which included Cisco President John Chambers. ``Tonight, we take a giant step to solve an impossible problem -- to eliminate in the next decade extreme poverty,' said Chambers. He said the power of the Internet had already transformed business on a global basis. ``That same power is now available to refocus the goodwill of mankind, to eliminate poverty now, and forever. Let this be the legacy that the first Internet generation leaves for our children. The power to eliminate poverty is now online. Log on, get involved, stay involved,' Chambers said. Cisco has provided about $22 million to NetAid. An additional $5 million, advanced by Cisco to cover the costs of the concert, will be refunded. Cisco promised that the site would have 10 times greater viewing capacity than any previous Web broadcast. ¸ Reuters Ltd. All rights reserved. Copyright ¸ 1999 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. netaid.org