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    GTAC & HEALTH GAP COALITION PRESS RELEASES
    >Year 1999 | Year 2000

    • 29 NOVEMBER 1999 (New York) ACT UP New York PRESS ADVISORY : AIDS ACTIVISTS TO JOIN NEW YORK ANTI-WTO PROTEST, DEMANDING GLOBAL ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE MEDICATION.
    • 29 NOVEMBER 1999 (Washington DC) ACT UP Philadelphia PRESS RELEASE : Global Day of Action Targets US Government, Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) for Blocking Life-saving Medications to Poor Nations
    • 23 NOVEMBER 1999 (Washington DC) ACT UP Philadelphia PRESS ADVISORY : Clinton to Celebrate World AIDS Day by Denying AIDS Drugs through WTO. People with AIDS stage global funeral at White House to denounce murderous US trade policy. Read Online | Download Word Document
    • 18 NOVEMBER 1999 ACT UP PARIS PRESS RELEASE : Activist Response to Bristol-Myers Squibb's " Secure The Profit" Program.
    • 17 NOVEMBER 1999 (Washington DC) ACT UP PRESS RELEASE : AIDS ACTIVISTS OCCUPY CLINTON'S US TRADE REPS' OFFICE ACTIVISTS, BANNERS CHAINED INSIDE OFFICE AND 2ND FLOOR OUTDOOR BALCONY.
    • 08 AUGUST 1999 (New Hampshire) ACT UP PRESS RELEASE : AIDS ACTIVISTS DISRUPT GORE'S NEW HAMPSHIRE CAMPAIGN STOP.
    • 30 SEPTEMBER 1999 (Washington DC) ACT UP PRESS RELEASE : Protesters Demand U.S. Trade Representative Barshefsky Extend South African Trade Agreement on Medicines to All Nations.
    • 17 SEPTEMBER 1999 ACT UP PARIS PRESS RELEASE : Activist reaction to Lusaka AIDS Conference.
    • 17 SEPTEMBER 1999 ACT UP PRESS RELEASE : Gore Concedes to Life-Saving Compromise on South Africa Drug Policy. Announcement from the US Trade Representative's Office: the U.S. and South Africa have reached an agreement, potentially settling a trade dispute over access to medicines. Read Online | Download Word Document
    • 17 SEPTEMBER 1999 Essential Action Campaign PRESS RELEASE : U.S. CAPITULATION TO SOUTH AFRICA MAY SAVE THOUSANDS OF LIVES.
    • 28 JUNE 1999 (Philadelphia) ACT UP PRESS RELEASE : AL GORE'S "APARTHEID 2000" CAMPAIGN COMES TO PHILADELPHIA. HUNDREDS JOIN ACTIVISTS WHO DISRUPTED THREE CAMPAIGN APPEARANCES TO CONFRONT GORE AT FUNDRAISING DINNER.
    • 18 JUNE 1999 (New York) ACT UP PRESS RELEASE : AIDS ACTIVISTS HIT AL GORE THREE TIMES IN TWO DAYS Shouting "Gore kills Africans," blowing whistles and waving signs and banners demanding "AIDS drugs for Africa," about a dozen AIDS activists stunned United States Vice President Al Gore at each of his first three stops to officially kick off his presidential campaign. At his first announcement of his candidacy in Carthage, Tennessee, on Wednesday, June 16th, and then in Manchester, New Hampshire, and New York, New York, on Thursday, June 17th, AIDS activists demanded that Gore and the Clinton administration reverse their policy of denying life-saving drugs to Africans and others around the world with AIDS. Read Online
    • 17 JUNE 1999 (New Hampshire) ACT UP PRESS RELEASE : GORE STUMPING DISRUPTED FOR SECOND TIME. AIDS activists took over Vice President Al Gore's second campaign stop this morning in Manchester, New Hampshire. The activists were protesting Gore's instrumental role in preventing AIDS medications from reaching people in developing countries, including South Africa and Thailand. Read Online | Download Word Document

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