“Nowadays is a noteworthy day. Today, we come in together, as a globular biotic community, across continents, faiths and cultures, to reincarnate our committedness to end the AIDS epidemic – once and for all,” Obama said at a worldly concern AIDS daylight event at George Washington University
The President announced a realignment of existing funds to provide additional 50 million dollars to fight HIV and AIDS and set a new goal to help the six million people get treatment by the end of 2013, two million more than the original destination.
Obama urged the countries that pledged to give money to the Global Fund to live up to their promises. "That includes China and other major economies that are now able to intensify as major donors," he said.
In the last three decades, the global pandemic claimed 30 million lives. While the rate of new infections is going down elsewhere, the President noted that it is declining in America.
"The rate of infection here held steady for over a decade. There are communities in this country is still ravaged by this disease. When new infections among young, gay black men, will increase by nearly 50 percent in three years, we need to do more to show them that their lives are. When Latinos are dying sooner than other groups; When black women feel forgotten, even if they represent the majority of new cases among women, we need to do more, "he said.
"This fight is not over. Not for 1.2 million Americans living with HIV now. Not for Americans who are infected every day. This fight is not over for them. It is no longer for their families. It is no longer anyone in this room. And certainly is not over for your President, "said Obama.
Today's event, titled "the beginning of the end of AIDS," was sponsored by the one and (red), campaigns and featured remarks by Presidents George w. Bush and Bill Clinton, via satellite and attended well known activists, including U2 singer Bono and singer Alicia Keys.
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