UN Lauds US for Lifting HIV Travel Ban
January 8, 2010 – 6:16 am
The Associated Press reports that the United Nations have praised United States and South Korea for ending their policies restricting entry of people living with HIV and urged 57 other countries to follow the same. UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe lauded the actions as “a Victory for human rights on two sides of the globe.” He called for “global freedom of movement for people living with HIV in 2010, the year when countries have committed to achieve universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support.” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated Obama, and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak.
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