PARIS (AP) - Carla Bruni-Sarkozy says she wants to divert media attention surrounding her marriage to French President Nicolas Sarkozy to a worthy cause - by becoming a goodwill ambassador for the fight against AIDS.

France’s first lady says she will travel to meet people with AIDS and organize fundraising events in support of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

Bruni-Sarkozy lost her brother Virginio to AIDS two years ago. She opened her news conference in Paris on Monday by saying: "I am not getting involved today by chance."

The model-turned-singer says the world has become complacent about the disease, which killed 300,000 children in 2007. Her work will focus on women and children infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.