Item B4
Board of County Commissioners
Agenda Item Summary
Meeting Date: November 20, 2001
Bulk Item: Yes [J No .
Division: Board of County Commissioners
Department: George R. Neugent
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Presentation of Proclamation expressing December 1, 2001 as World Aids Day in Monroe
County
ITEM BACKGROUND:
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PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
CONTRACT I AGREEMENT CHANGES:
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
TOTAL COST:
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COST TO COUNTY: $
REVENUE PRODUCING: YES [J NO [J AMT PER MONTH: YEAR:
APPROVED BY: COUNTY ATfY [J OMB/PURCHASING [J RISK MANAGEMENT [J
APPROVAL: /Y1t ~c; ~
MAYOR GEORGE R. U ENT
DISTRICT II
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inCreas~co~uniCC1tion;:ec:lucationQnd united ciction'to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS;'Qnct"
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, .... ". . ':Wh~eos, the Joint United. NcrtioM Pr~ramme on. HIVlAIDS (UNAID$) observes'
"D~.mi~ 1"of each year as' World AIDS Day ,ei: day to ~,d and strength'en worldwide
efforts to stop .the'spread of' HIV I AIDS;, and '
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/:~ereas, UNAIDS estimates that over 36 million people worldwide are currently living:
witn.t.;tIyIAIDS, withyou,ng peop~e under the age of 25 accounting for more than'half of all new
jnfec~ions; and
, .,~e...~,the American Ass~ciation fo.r World Health is encouraging a better
. ~.wst~ing of-the challenge of HIV I AIDS nationally as it recognizes that the number of
:pepple'diQg,.Osed with HIVand AIDS in the United States continues to increase, with up to
9OO,()()()l*plein the U,S. now infected; and
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'. ."'.:Whereas;WorldAIDS Day pr,ovides an opportunity to focus local, national and
interr,CttiOrKiI attention on HIV infection and AIDS andto disseminate infprmationon how to
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pr.eventthe'spread of HIV; and .
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....;:. '~~eaS; an~timate 900,000 people in the United States are currently living with HIV
o~~I,:[)S;and:half of all new HIV infections in the U.S. are among young Americans under th~
age of'25, the World.AIDS Day 2001 theme, I Care ....Do you? Youth and AIDS i,n the 21st
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CeQtury;urges,(l1l Y9uth and those who influence them to increase their awareness of the risk of
HI~!,~;r:"6s'forth~elv~ andto use their influence in their familieS, among their friends and'
in,t~~i:r' co~unit!~. to help stem the tide of .the HIVl AIDS pandemic. ,
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" ., : c..'. ..~"!;thei-efore, by ,virtue 'of the power invested in.me as' Mayor of Monroe County,
'iFlorida:I,'.~rge RINe!,lgent,do hereby proclaim Decem,ber 1 ,2001 as
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~~L"~'L :':".!. ....~' ...'. ' ," . . World AIDS Day. .' .
,:r;n~o~#~unty, Florida, Qnd urge all citizens to take part in activities and observance to
.!!,.c;r~,g""a.r~CInd understanding of HIV I AIDS ,as a global challenge, to take part ,in ' .
'[J-P:VI~l:?pprev~!ionQCtivities'and programs, and to.join the global effort to prevent. the
""fu,rthe.r,.spreadof,HIV/AIDS. X"'" .' , '. .
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