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BfJtrea.&. the glohal ~pread of the HIV infection ana AIDS necessitates
a worIawide eHort to increase communication, education and
preventive action to stop the transmission of the HIV virus and the
spread of AIDS~ and
BfJtrea.&. the Warld Health Organization has designated December 1
of each].ear as WorIaAIDS Da!, a dar. to expana ana strengthen
the worlawide effort to stop AIDS; and
BfJtrea.&, the WorIa Health Organization now estimates that between
10 ana 12 million people are currently infectea with HIV ana that
over 1.5 million ot them have gone on to develop AIDS; and
.trea.&, W orIa AIDS Day 1992 will fOOWl on community commit.
ments, reHectin,g concem over the inmasing pr~ence of
HIV/AIDS and liighlidhting AIDS prevention and care activities
alreaJy under way ~ stim;Jating new ones~ ana
BfJtrea.&, Worla AIDS Day provides an oI!,POrtunity to focus on HIV
infection ana AIDS, caring for people with HIV infection ana
AIDS, ana learning J,out AIDS.
Jlolu, tf!treforet I, Danel G. Courtney, Mayor of the City of Iowa City,
Iowa, clo hereby proclaim December 1, 1992, to k
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in Iowa City, ana urge all citizens to taLe part in activities ana
ohservances designed to increase awareness ana understanding of AIDS
as a glohal chalfenge, to taLe part in AIDS prevention activities ana
P!ograms, ana to join the gloh;! effort to prevent transmission of the
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Signed in Iowa City, Iowa,
this 24th da of November 1
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