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 PUBLIC LAW 106-264—AUG. 19, 2000 114 STAT. 755 knowledge and experience in the fields of public health, epidemiology, health care (including delivery systems), and development. (2) UNITED STATES REPRESENTATION.— (A) IN GENERAL.—Upon the effective date of this para- President, graph, there shall be a United States member of the Board Congress. of Trustees, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall have the qualifications described in paragraph (1). (B) EFFECTIVE AND TERMINATION DATES. — (i) EFFECTIVE DATE.— This paragraph shall take Certification, effect upon the date the Secretary of the Treasury certifies to Congress that an agreement establishing the Trust Fund and providing for a United States member of the Board of Trustees is in effect. (ii) TERMINATION DATE. —The position established by subparagraph (A) is abolished upon the date of termination of the Trust Fund. SEC. 122. GRANT AUTHORITIES. (a) PROGRAM OBJECTIVES.— (1) IN GENERAL. —In caniying out the purpose of section 121(b), the Trust Fund, acting through the Board of Trustees, should provide only grants, including grants for technical assistance to support measures to build local capacity in national and local government, civil society, and the private sector to lead and implement effective and affordable HIV/AIDS prevention, education, treatment and care services, and research and development activities, including access to affordable drugs. (2) ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED. —Among the activities the Trust Fund should provide grants for should be— (A) programs to promote the best practices in prevention, including health education messages that emphasize risk avoidance such as abstinence; (B) measures to ensure a safe blood supply; (C) voluntary HIV/AIDS testing and counseling; (D) measures to stop mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS, including through diagnosis of pregnant women, access to cost-effective treatment and counseling, and access to infant formula or other alternatives for infant feeding; (E) programs to provide for the support and education of AIDS orphans and the families, communities, and institutions most affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic; (F) measures for the deterrence of gender-based violence and the provision of post-exposure prophylaxis to victims of rape and sexual assault; and (G) incentives to promote affordable access to treatments against AIDS and related infections. (3) IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAM OBJECTIVES.—In carrying out the objectives of paragraph (1), the Trust Fund should coordinate its activities with governments, civil society, nongovernmental organizations, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the International Partnership Against AIDS in Africa, other international organizations, the private sector, and donor agencies working to combat the HIV/AIDS crisis. 22 USC 6822.

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