Presidential Documents

68041 

Federal Register 

Vol. 72, No. 232 

Tuesday, December 4, 2007 

Title 3— 

The President 

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. 


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68042 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 232 / Tuesday, December 4, 2007 / Presidential Documents 

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. 

[FR Doc. 07–5934 

Filed 12–3–07; 8:45 am] 

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