R 90, World AIDS Day Commemoration

World AIDS Day Commemoration

R 90, 83rd Session

Version Info:

11-10-2003, as initially introduced: HTML

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Basic Information:

Primary Sponsor(s):

Akroyd, Hinton, Horne, Hutcherson, Lassiter, Lester, Leung, Marshall, Moody, Schmitt, and Siska

Secondary Sponsor(s):

Adeyeye, Boyd, Hoy, Kohler, Mckethan, Small, Spencer, and Toms

Current Status:

Enrolled

Report(s):

None

Long Title:

AN ACT TO COMMEMORATE DECEMBER 1ST 2003 AS WORLD AIDS DAY CAMPUSWIDE

Consideration History:

11-12-2003 Senate:

First Reading
Adopted by roll call vote

Roll Calls:

Senate, 11-12-2003:

Adopt R 90, Adopted: 28-2-5; 23 absent

Online Text

(as of 11-10-2003, as initially introduced)

RESOLUTION 90

A RESOLUTION TO BE ENTITLED

An act TO COMMEMORATE DECEMBER 1, 2003

AS WORLD AIDS DAY

CAMPUSWIDE

Short Title: World AIDS Day                                                                                                (Public)

Sponsored by: Senators Akroyd, Hinton, Horne, Hutcherson, Lassiter, Leung, Marshall, Moody,    Price Schmitt, Siska and Treasurer Lester

First Reading: November 12, 2003                                               Version Date: November 1, 2003

Referred to: __________________________________________________________.

WHEREAS, five people die each minute, every day, from AIDS worldwide; and,

WHEREAS, by the end of 2002 it was estimated that there were 5.3 million people newly infected with HIV worldwide; and,

WHEREAS, there are approximately 42 million people living with HIV and AIDS worldwide as of the end of 2002; and,

WHEREAS, an estimated 3 million deaths were from those living with AIDS worldwide in 2002; and,

WHEREAS, in North Carolina last year, there were 1,014 newly reported AIDS cases, a 16.4% increase since 2001; and,

WHEREAS, during the summer of 2003, using these statistics of increases of HIV cases in North Carolina, health care experts stated that the Triangle has had an outbreak of HIV cases since 2000; and,

WHEREAS, Over 50 students at 30 North Carolina college campuses have tested positive for HIV since 2000; and,

WHEREAS, of those 50 students, at least 29 are from Triangle-area colleges and universities; and,

WHEREAS, HIV and AIDS is an epidemic that can affect everyone, regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, or sexual orientation; now, therefore be it

RESOLVED, that the North Carolina State University Student Senate, in accordance with national and international organizations, supports the commemoration of World AIDS Day on December 1; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That from this day forward that the North Carolina State University Student Senate request that each December 1 a moment of silence be observed and on that day the Bell Tower shine red.

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