[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 48 (Monday, December 6, 1999)]
[Pages 2499-2500]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Radio Remarks on World AIDS Day

December 1, 1999

    Since the beginning of the AIDS pandemic, more than 50 million men, 
women, and children worldwide have been infected with the HIV virus. 
Each day, 16,000 more become infected, half of whom are young people 
under the age of 25.
    And while we've made great strides in treating AIDS here at home, 
there is much more that needs to be done, particularly in the developing 
world, where AIDS poses our greatest challenge.
    Today, on World AIDS Day, and every day, we must join together as a 
global community to stem the tide of new infection, to care for those 
who are sick, and to continue our quest for a vaccine and a cure.

Note: The President's remarks were recorded at approximately 10 a.m. on 
November 29 in the Roosevelt Room at the White House for later 
broadcast. The transcript was made available by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on November 30 but was embargoed for release until 12 noon on 
December 1. These remarks were also made available on the White House 
Press Office Radio Actuality Line.

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