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Kuwait pledges $1 million to global fund against AIDS
Kuwait, Local, 8/8/2001
The Government of Kuwait has pledged $1 million to the Global AIDS and Health Fund, the new mechanism proposed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to finance the fight against AIDS and other infectious diseases, a United Nations spokesman said today.
Speaking to reporters in New York, the spokesman said the total of pledges now stood at $1.395 billion.
The Fund - which reflects a global partnership between governments, private companies, charitable organizations and individuals - has received pledges from the International Olympic Committee, Winterthur Insurance (Cr?dit Suisse), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Byers Choice, Ltd. Various private individuals from around the world have so far provided contributions totaling $113,625.
Mr. Annan, who first proposed the Fund's establishment at an African summit meeting in April, donated the $100,000 grant he received when he was awarded the Philadelphia Liberty Medal on 4 July.
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