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90_HR0471
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Monday, May 18, 1998, will be the one year
3 anniversary of President Clinton's challenge to the nation's
4 researchers to find an AIDS vaccine within a decade; and
5 WHEREAS, Chicago is one of eight cities in the nation
6 which is participating in the first HIV Vaccine trial which
7 has reached Phase II of development; this development comes
8 as the result of the efforts of the 255 men and women (of
9 which 39 are Chicagoans) who have volunteered to participate
10 in this Phase II trial across the country; and
11 WHEREAS, In Chicago, this trial is being conducted by the
12 Chicago Prevention Research Project, a federally funded
13 collaboration between two of the city's leading research
14 institutions, Howard Brown Health Center and the University
15 of Illinois in Chicago; and
16 WHEREAS, Despite the potential risks of social
17 discrimination and without any promise of personal benefit
18 other than the knowledge that they will make a difference in
19 the fight against HIV and AIDS, 39 Chicagoans have donated
20 their time, effort, and bodies to this effort; therefore, be
21 it
22 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
23 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
24 commend and applaud the 39 Chicagoans who have made this
25 selfless commitment in the fight against HIV and AIDS on this
26 HIV/AIDS Vaccine Awareness Day; and be it further
27 RESOLVED, That we declare May 18, 1998 as HIV/AIDS
28 Vaccine Awareness Day in Illinois; and be it further
29 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
30 forwarded to the Howard Brown Health Center and the
31 University of Chicago in Illinois.