Item E3
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date:
11/21/00
Division: Mayor Freeman
Bulk Item: Yes
No X
Department: BOCC-3
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Proclamation proclaiming December 1,2000 as World Aids Day in Monroe County.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
World Aids Day provides an opportunity to focus local, national and international attention on HIV
infection and AIDS and to disseminate information on how to prevent the spread ofHIV.
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Mayor Shirle reman
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WHEREAS, the global epidemic of IllV infection and AIDS requires a worldwide effort to increase
communication, education and ~ted action to stop the spread ofInVand AIDS; and, ,
~) WHEREAS, the Joint United Nations Program on, HIV and AIDS observes D~ember 1, of each year
as Jorld AIDS Day, a day.to expand aIi~ strengthen worldwide efforts to stop the .spread oflllV and AIDS;
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t WHEREAS, UNAIDS estimates that over 34 million people worldwide are currently living with mv
I and AIDS, with young people under the age of 25 accounting for more than half of all new infections; and
WHEREAS, the American Association for World Health is encouraging a better understanding of the
challenge of HIV and AIDS nationally as it recognizes that the number of people diagnosed with mv and
AIDS in the United States continues to increase, with more than 850,000 people in the U.S. now being
infected; and
WHEREAS, World AIDS Day provides an opportunity to focus local, national and international
!, attention on HIV infection and AIDS and to disseminate information on how to prevent the spread ofmV;
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WHEREAS, women representing the fastest rising group of those infected with HIV in the U.S. were
infected by men; and
WHEREAS, men represent the majority of people living with IllV and AIDS, the World AIDS Day
2000 theme, AIDS: All Men-Make a Difference!, urges all men to increase their awareness of the risk of
mv and AIDS for themselves, their partners and their children, and to use their influences in their families,
among their friends and in their communities to help stem the tide of the InV and AIDS epidemic.
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the power vested in me as Mayor of Monroe County, Florida, I
SHIRLEY FREEMAN, do hereby proclaim December 1,2000 as:
WORLD AIDS DAY
and urge all our citizens, residents and visitors to take part in activities and observances designed to increase
awareness and understanding of mv and AIDS as not only a local, but a global challenge, to take part in
mv and AIDS prevention activities and programs, and to join the lOcal, national ana global efforts to
prevent the further spread oflllV and AIDS.
day of November, 2000.
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