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U. S. Funding to Combat AIDS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2001

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References

1 Global AIDS and Tuberculosis Relief Act of 2000, Pub. L. No. 106-264, 114 Stat. 748 (to be codified in scattered sections of 22 U.S.C.).

2 Id. §§121-124 (to be codified at 22 U.S.C. §§6821-6824); see Clinton Signs Bill Establishing Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Wash. Post, Aug. 20, 2000, at A5 (noting that the trust fund has been likened to a “Marshall Plan” against AIDS).

3 Statement on Signing the Global AIDS and Tuberculosis Relief Act of 2000, 36 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 1906 (Aug. 28, 2000).

4 Id.

5 See Ex-Im Bank Press Release on Ex-Im Bank Provides $1 Billion to Finance Sub-Saharan African Purchases of HIV/AIDS Medicines from U.S. Pharmaceutical Firms (July 19,2000), obtainable from <http://www.exim.gov>.

6 See Ex-Im Bank Press Release on Remarks of Ex-Im Bank Chairman James Harmon Announcement of $1- Billion Lending Program for HIV-AIDS Related Efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa (July 19, 2000), obtainable from <http://www.exim.gov>.

7 See Swarns, Rachel L., Loans to Buy AIDS Drugs Are Rejected by Africans, N.Y. Times, Aug. 22, 2000, at A6 Google Scholar.

8 Statement by [Southern African Development Community] Health Ministers, Ouagadoubou, Burkina Faso, paras. 12-14 (Aug. 31, 2000) (on file at GWU).