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THE WHITE HOUSE washington November 30, 1993 WORLD AIDS DAY EVENT DATE: December 1, 1993 LOCATION: Georgetown University Hospital TIME: 10:30 am FROM: Kristine Gebbie I. PURPOSE You will visit with persons with AIDS in their hospital rooms at Georgetown University Hospital, and then deliver remarks to an invited audience in observance of World AIDS Day. II. BACKGROUND This is the sixth observance of World AIDS Day. In addition to your participation in this event, many Cabinet agencies including Justice, HHS, Labor, Education, Energy and SBA are sponsoring World AIDS Day observances. Your involvement with this issue is the most substantive Presidential action in the history of this observance. On Monday, you met with religious leaders involved in the struggle against AIDS, and on Tuesday, you signed a Proclamation recognizing the importance of this observance. In addition, on Tuesday afternoon, Secretary Shalala, joined by Kristine Gebbie and P. Roy Vagelos, chairman of Merck Inc., announced the formation of a task force composed of experts from private industry, academia and activist groups to help remove obstacles to the development of new drugs to combat AIDS. The National Task Force on AIDS Drug Development will be headed by Dr. Philip Lee, the head of the Public Health Service. In recognition of World AIDS Day, on Wednesday, portions of the Names Project Memorial Quilt will be displayed on the North Portico of the Old Executive Office Building. Between 7:45 pm and 8:00 pm, the White House lights will be dimmed in honor of those whom our nation has lost to AIDS.

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