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    GTAC & HEALTH GAP COALITION PRESS RELEASES
    Issue: Al Gore, Clinton, and USTR.

    • 10 APRIL 2001 (Washington D.C.) AIDS activists join unions "Fair Trade" coalition in denouncing the Bush Administration's secretive negotiation of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) because it will reduce access to affordable generic versions of essential HIV/AIDS medication, and threaten health care across the Western Hemisphere, including Brazil's succesful access strategies. Press Release

    • 09 APRIL 2001 (San Francisco) ACT UP-East Bay, advocates, and official of the Brazilian Consulate meet with the press to defend Brazil's use of the legal mechanism of "compulsory licensing" in the face of lawsuitss and pressure by the U.S. Government. Press Release

    • 29 JANUARY 2001 (Washington) Essential Action and the Consumer Project on Technology submit comments to the U.S. Trade Representative regarding the proposed U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA) focusing on intellectual property provisions relating to access to medicines and compulsory licensing. Read online | Download PDF file

    • 20 MAY 2000 (Geneva) ACT UP Statement: Limited Victory Emerges from World Health Assembly. Delegations from Zimbabwe, Swaziland and other developing nations to the 53rd World Health Assembly withstood an intense pressure campaign from wealthy nations over proposals that would lead to improved, sustainable access to generic versions of AIDS medicines.
    • 17 MAY 2000 (Geneva) On the day that the 53rd World Health Assembly (WHA) discusses HIV/AIDS; confronting the epidemic (resolution EB105.R17), public health advocates call for the WHA to provide global pricing information on quality medicines available to treat people living with HIV/AIDS and other opportunistic infections. ACT UP Press Release: The U.S. delegation is up to all its old tricks-- mobilizing opposition in the face of even the slightest positive movement by member states of the World Health Organization..
      Joint statement: Health Action International, Médecins Sans Frontières, ACT UP demand transparency on global medicine pricing information.
    • 09 MAY 2000 ACT UP PRESS RELEASE : CLINTON TO SIGN EXECUTIVE ORDER: ACCESS TO HIV/AIDS PHARMACEUTICALS FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA WILL NOT BE IMPEDED BY ANY U.S. DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY. Read Online | Download Word Document
    • 10 JANUARY 2000 ACT UP PRESS RELEASE : Activists Denounce Clinton's Seattle Announcement; Challenge UN Security Council to Condemn Big Business/Government Collaborations Denying AIDS Drugs for Millions. The United Nations Security Council meeting, chaired by Vice-President Al Gore, addresses the impact of AIDS on peace and security in Africa following a year of intense activist criticism of US trade policy on AIDS in Africa. Read Online | Download Word Document
    • 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
    • 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 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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