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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 452 

Commemorating and supporting the goals of World AIDS Day. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 10, 2019 

Mr. ISAKSON (for himself, Mr. COONS, Mr. RISCH, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. SULLIVAN, and Mr. BOOKER) submitted the following resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Commemorating and supporting the goals of World AIDS 

Day. 

Whereas, as of the end of 2018, an estimated 37,900,000 

people were living with human immunodeficiency virus 

(HIV) or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), 

including 1,700,000 children; 

Whereas the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 

established a global target to end AIDS as a public 

health threat by 2030; 

Whereas the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and 

Malaria was launched in 2002, and, as of 2018, has 

helped provide antiretroviral therapy to approximately 

18,900,000 people living with HIV/AIDS and to 719,000 

pregnant women to prevent the transmission of HIV/ 


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AIDS to their children, saving an estimated 32,000,000 

lives; 

Whereas the United States is the largest donor to the Global 

Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and, as 

of December 2019, every $1 contributed by the United 

States has leveraged an additional $2 from other donors; 

Whereas the United States President’s Emergency Plan for 

AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program remains the largest 

commitment in history by any country to combat a single 

disease; 

Whereas, as of 2018, PEPFAR has supported treatment for 

approximately 14,600,000 people, including by providing 

antiretroviral drugs to 2,400,000 pregnant women living 

with HIV to prevent the transmission of HIV from mother to child during birth; 

Whereas, in fiscal year 2018, PEPFAR directly supported 

HIV testing and counseling for nearly 95,000,000 people; 

Whereas considerable progress has been made in the fight 

against HIV/AIDS, including a 16-percent reduction in 

new HIV infections, a 41-percent reduction in new HIV 

infections among children, and a 33-percent reduction in 

the number of AIDS-related deaths between 2010 and 

2018; 

Whereas approximately 23,300,000 people had access to 

antiretroviral therapy in 2018, compared to only 

7,700,000 people who had access to such therapy in 

2010; 

Whereas it is estimated that, without treatment, 1⁄2 of all infants living with HIV will die before their second birthday; 


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Whereas, despite the remarkable progress in combatting 

HIV/AIDS, significant challenges remain; 

Whereas there were approximately 1,700,000 new HIV infections in 2018, structural barriers continue to make testing and treatment programs inaccessible to highly vulnerable populations, and an estimated 8,100,000 people living with HIV globally still do not know their HIV status; 

Whereas the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than 37,000 people are diagnosed with 

HIV in the United States every year and 14 percent of 

the 1,100,000 people in the United States living with 

HIV are not aware of their HIV status; 

Whereas, in the United States, more than 675,000 people 

with AIDS have died since the beginning of the HIV/ 

AIDS epidemic, including 15,807 deaths among people 

with diagnosed HIV in 2017, with the disease disproportionately affecting minority communities; 

Whereas December 1 of each year is internationally recognized as ‘‘World AIDS Day’’; and 

Whereas, in 2019, commemorations for World AIDS Day focused on the vital role that communities play in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) supports the goals and ideals of World 

3 AIDS Day, including the goal to achieve zero new 

4 HIV infections, zero discrimination, and zero AIDS5 related deaths; 

6 (2) commends the efforts and achievements in 

7 combatting HIV/AIDS made by PEPFAR, the GlobVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:39 Dec 10, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SR452.IS SR452

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1 al Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, 

2 and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/ 

3 AIDS; 

4 (3) supports efforts to end the HIV epidemic in 

5 the United States by 2030; 

6 (4) urges, in order to ensure that an AIDS-free 

7 generation is achievable, rapid action by all countries 

8 toward further expansion and scale-up of 

9 antiretroviral treatment programs, including efforts 

10 to reduce disparities and improve access for children 

11 to life-saving medications; 

12 (5) encourages the scaling up of comprehensive 

13 prevention services, including biomedical and struc14 tural interventions, to ensure inclusive access to pro15 grams and appropriate protections for all people at 

16 risk of contracting HIV/AIDS, especially hard-to17 reach populations; 

18 (6) calls for greater focus on the HIV-related 

19 vulnerabilities of women and girls, including women 

20 and girls at risk for or who have survived violence 

21 or faced discrimination as a result of the disease; 

22 (7) supports continued leadership by the United 

23 States in domestic, bilateral, multilateral, and pri24 vate sector efforts to fight HIV; 


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1 (8) encourages and supports greater degrees of 

2 ownership and shared responsibility by developing 

3 countries in order to ensure the sustainability of the 

4 domestic responses to HIV/AIDS by those countries; 

5 and 

6 (9) urges other members of the international 

7 community to sustain and scale up their support for 

8 and financial contributions to efforts around the 

9 world to combat HIV/AIDS. 

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