Recent HIV/AIDS Events
Recent events

The Vice President with UN Secretary General Kofi AnnanVice President Al Gore speeks at the United Nations Security Council session on the global AIDS crisis.

• remarks as prepared for delivery by the Vice President at the U.N. Security Council Session on AIDS in Africa
• remarks as prepared for delivery by the Vice President at the United Nations Security Council Opening Session
• see the press statement from the Vice President's office
• see a statement from ONAP Director Sandra Thurman

The Vice President talks with Archbishop Desmond TutuVice President Gore announces a new initiative to address the AIDS crisis in Africa (7/19/99)

• Get the press statement from the Office of the Vice President
• View "Report on the Presidential Mission on Children Orphaned by AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: Findings and Plan of Action"
• You can also the report
  (this report is 410K and requires a free viewer)

The President at the dedication of the Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center at the NIH
Dedication of the Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center (6/9/99)

• Remarks by the President
• Press Release from the National Institutes of Health
• New Center Director Dr. Gary Nabel outlines plans for new center in NIH newsletter

Photograph from World AIDS Day 1998World AIDS Day 1998 (12/1/98)

• Remarks by the President
• Announcement by the Vice President
• Remarks by Secretary of State Albright
• White House Press Release
• World AIDS Day 1998 Proclamation
• Press Briefing by Sandra Thurman

Photograph from event on HIV/AIDS among minoritiesAnnouncement of New Initiative
on HIV Crisis in Minority Communities
(10/28/98)

• Remarks by the President
• Fact Sheet on HIV/AIDS in Minority Communities
• Statement by the President on Funding
• Comments by Denise Stokes, member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS