欧盟欢迎美国取消HIV病毒携带者入境禁令

欧盟欢迎美国取消HIV病毒携带者入境禁令
2009年11月04日 03:22:23 　来源：新华网
新华网布鲁塞尔１１月３日电（记者刘秀荣）欧盟委员会３日在布鲁塞尔发表声明，对美国决定将从明年开始取消禁止ＨＩＶ病毒携带者入境的法令表示欢迎。

欧盟委员会在声明中说：“欧盟委员会欢迎奥巴马总统决定将从明年开始取消禁止ＨＩＶ病毒携带者入境美国的法令，届时欧盟大部分与美国有互免签证协议国家的ＨＩＶ病毒携带者将可以进入美国。”

欧盟委员会副主席兼司法、自由和安全委员雅克·巴罗指出：“欧盟委员会和欧洲议会等欧盟机构从２００８年夏季就掀起了旨在促使美国取消对互免签证国ＨＩＶ病毒携带者入境限制的运动，欧盟委员会在１０月２０日公布的有关互免签证的报告中，再次呼吁美国停止这一歧视性的政策，奥巴马总统的决定是这一努力取得的最终成果。”

１９８７年，由于对ＨＩＶ病毒产生恐慌，美国卫生和公众服务部长将ＨＩＶ病毒列为传染病的一种，使携带者失去入境美国的资格。此后，美国政府试图取消这一禁令，但一直遭到国会的反对。

奥巴马１０月３０日在白宫宣布，美国将从明年开始取消长达２２年禁止ＨＩＶ病毒携带者到美国旅游和移民的规定。他说，如果美国希望在防控艾滋病方面发挥全球领导作用，就必须这样做。

    据官方统计，美国目前有超过１００万人携带ＨＩＶ病毒或患有艾滋病，而且这一数字仍在以每年超过５．６万人的速度递增。
The EU welcomes the United States to repeal the ban on HIV-carriers Immigration
November 4, 2009 03:22:23 Source: Xinhua
     BRUSSELS, November 3 (Xinhua Liu Xiurong) 3, the European Commission in Brussels issued a statement on the U.S. decision will begin to lift the ban on HIV-carriers of the Immigration Act was welcomed.

     The European Commission said in a statement: "The European Commission welcomes the decision of President Obama will begin to lift the ban on HIV-carriers in the United States immigration laws, when the European Union have visa exemption agreements with the United States the majority of countries, HIV-carriers will be able to enter the United States. "

     European Commission Vice President and Minister of Justice, freedom and security of members of Jacques Barrot said: "The EU Commission and European Parliament and other EU institutions to set off from the summer of 2008 prompted the United States aimed at lifting the country visa-free entry restrictions on HIV-carriers movement, the European Commission published in the October 20 report on visa-free once again urged the U.S. to stop this discriminatory policy, Obama's decision is the culmination of this effort to achieve. "

     In 1987, because of the HIV virus, panic, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as the HIV virus, an infectious disease, so that carriers of the United States who lose their eligibility. Since then, the U.S. government tried to abolish the ban, but has met congressional opposition.

     Barack Obama October 30 at the White House announced that the U.S. will be abolished next year as long as 22 years, people living with HIV to the United States against HIV travel and immigration requirements. He said that if the United States hopes to play in the prevention and control of AIDS, a global leadership role, it is necessary to do so.

     According to official statistics, the United States currently has more than one million people living with HIV virus or suffering from AIDS, and this number is still a year more than 56,000 people annually.

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