THE WHITE HOUSE

                       Office of the Press Secretary
                        (San Francisco, California)
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For Immediate Release                                   December 1, 1999

                         REMARKS OF THE PRESIDENT
                   IN RADIO ACTUALITY FOR WORLD AIDS DAY

          THE PRESIDENT:  Since the beginning of the AIDS pandemic, more

than 50 million men, women and children worldwide have been infected with the HIV virus. Each day, 16,000 more become infected -- half of whom are young people under the age of 25.

And while we've made great strides in treating AIDS here at home, there is much more that needs to be done, particularly in the developing world, where AIDS poses our greatest challenge.

Today, on World AIDS Day, and every day, we must join together as a global community to stem the tide of new infection, to care for those who are sick, and to continue our quest for a vaccine and a cure.

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