[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 4, 2007)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 68041-68042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5934]


 
 
                         Presidential Documents 
 
 

  Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 232 / Tuesday, December 4, 2007 / 
Presidential Documents  

 ___________________________________________________________________

 Title 3--
 The President

[[Page 68041]]

                Proclamation 8207 of November 29, 2007

                
World AIDS Day, 2007

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                On World AIDS Day, we reaffirm our commitment to 
                fighting and preventing HIV/AIDS in America and around 
                the world. We also remember those who have lost their 
                lives to this terrible disease and those who continue 
                to suffer.

                HIV/AIDS is a global challenge. In 2003, my 
                Administration launched the President's Emergency Plan 
                for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a $15 billion mobilization, 
                to help support prevention, treatment, and care 
                programs in some of the hardest hit countries around 
                the world. PEPFAR's ABC approach--abstinence, being 
                faithful, and using condoms--with abstinence as the 
                only sure way to avoid the sexual transmission of HIV/
                AIDS, is helping stop the spread of this devastating 
                disease.

                In the United States as well, HIV/AIDS affects too many 
                of our families, neighbors, and friends. We continue to 
                fund research to develop new methods of treatment and 
                prevention, and to emphasize voluntary HIV screening as 
                a routine part of health care. The Ryan White CARE Act 
                has provided Americans in need with better access to 
                medical care, antiretroviral treatments, and 
                counseling. With medicine, support, and their own daily 
                courage, many citizens are managing a condition that 
                was once often fatal.

                The pandemic of HIV/AIDS can be defeated. The United 
                States is taking the lead in this great effort, and we 
                stand united with our international partners in 
                combating this virus. We also recognize the essential 
                role that faith-based and community organizations play 
                in providing support and compassion to those living 
                with the disease. By working together, we can give hope 
                and comfort to millions.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United 
                States, do hereby proclaim December 1, 2007, as World 
                AIDS Day. On this day and throughout the year, the red 
                ribbon helps raise awareness of the importance of 
                fighting HIV/AIDS. This year, the White House will 
                display this symbol from the North Portico to represent 
                America's commitment to this struggle. I urge the 
                Governors of the States and the Commonwealth of Puerto 
                Rico, officials of the other territories subject to the 
                jurisdiction of the United States, and the American 
                people to join me in appropriate activities to remember 
                those who have lost their lives to AIDS and to provide 
                support and comfort to those living with this disease.

[[Page 68042]]

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-ninth day of November, in the year of our Lord 
                two thousand seven, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and thirty-
                second. 
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 07-5934
Filed 12-3-07; 8:45 am]
Billing code 3195-01-P