UNITED NATIONS: UN Urges Nations to Follow Obama's Lead, Lift HIV Travel Ban

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UNITED NATIONS: UN Urges Nations to Follow Obama's Lead, Lift HIV Travel Ban

Agence France Presse (11.01.09) - Monday, November 02, 2009

President Barack Obama's announcement that he would overturn the 22-year-old policy banning non-nationals with HIV from entering the United States drew high praise from the leader of the UN. In a statement released by UNAIDS, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated Obama on his decision and added, "I urge all other countries with such restrictions to take steps to remove them at the earliest. Such restrictions, strongly opposed by UNAIDS, are discriminatory and do not protect public health." UNAIDS reports that China and Ukraine, which also have such policies, are among countries considering following the US example, while South Korea, Ban's home nation, is "in the last stages of removing travel restrictions" for people with HIV.
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