[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 120, 109th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

120 STAT. 3921
 
PROCLAMATION 8087--NOV. 30, 2006



Proclamation 8087 of November 30, 2006
World AIDS Day, 2006
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
HIV/AIDS is a global health crisis and a constant struggle for many of
our families, friends, and neighbors. On World AIDS Day, we underscore
our commitment to fight the AIDS pandemic with compassion and decisive
action.
America leads the world in the fight against HIV/AIDS, and through the
Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief we are combating the disease in countries
around the world. Through the New Partners Initiative, we are supporting
faith-based and community organizations that offer much of the health
care in the developing world, so that we can reach more people more
effectively. In addition, the United States and other concerned
countries are promoting a comprehensive strategy to prevent the spread
of HIV/AIDS. This includes the ABC approach--encouraging abstinence,
being faithful, and using condoms, with abstinence as the only sure way
to avoid the sexual transmission of HIV/AIDS.
As we work to fight HIV/AIDS globally, we must also ensure our citizens
at home have the resources and support they need for treatment and
prevention of this disease. Today, more than 1 million Americans are
living with HIV/AIDS, and many of these individuals are unaware that
they are infected. We will continue to provide medical care, counseling,
and testing for those in greatest need of HIV/AIDS assistance, and I
have asked the Congress to reform and reauthorize the Ryan White CARE
Act and provide new funding to improve distribution of HIV/AIDS
medicines in America. The Federal Government is also working closely
with faith-based and other community organizations to provide services
to individuals with HIV/AIDS and end the stigma of AIDS.
America is blessed with scientific knowledge and compassionate citizens,
and we are guided by our founding conviction that each life has
matchless value. On World AIDS Day and throughout the year, we stand
with our friends and partners around the world in the urgent struggle to
fight this virus, comfort those who are affected, and save lives.
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, 2006, as World
AIDS Day. 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, to work to prevent this deadly disease, and to comfort and support
those living with HIV/AIDS.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of
November, in the year of our Lord two thousand six, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-
first.
GEORGE W. BUSH