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GAO-02-819R 1 (2002-06-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaalzo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: £ Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 June 7, 2002 Congressional Committees Subject: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Has Been Established but It Is Premature to Evaluate Its Effectiveness On August 19, 2000, Congress enacted the Global AIDS and Tuberculosis Relief Act of 2000.1 Title I of the act provided for negotiations for the creation of a trust fund to be administered by the World Bank to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Included in the act is a mandate that the Comptroller General of the United States submit a report to Congress evaluating the effectiveness of the fund within 2 years of enactment of the statute. Specifically, the act required that we (1) evaluate the effectiveness of programs, projects, and activities to reduce the worldwide spread of HIV/AIDS, and (2) assess the merits of continued U.S. financial contribution to the fund by August 19, 2002. In January 2002, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria was formally established. As of May 2002, resources from the Fund had not been disbursed to any project. Therefore, it would be premature for us to evaluate the effectiveness of the Fund or to report on the merits of continued U.S. financial support of the Fund. We can nonetheless provide information on the status of the Global Fund to date. Actions Taken to Establish the Fund A fund for AIDS and other infectious diseases was discussed at a meeting of the G8 group of countries in Okinawa, Japan, in July 2000, and gained the support of the Secretary General of the United Nations and the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) in early 2001. In April 2001, the Secretary General of the United Nations issued a call for action and the creation of a global fund to fight HIV/AIDS. At the close of the United Nations Special Session on HIV/AIDS in June 2001, the Secretary General announced the creation of the fund and welcomed pledges from donor nations and the private sector. Between August and December of 2001, a transitional working group, comprised of representatives of 40 countries and organizations, prepared a document setting out the principles, purpose, scope, and basic architecture of the Fund. The group determined that the scope of the Fund would include tuberculosis and malaria as well as HIV/AIDS, that the secretariat would be located in Geneva, and that the fund P.L. 106-264 sec. 131, Aug. 19, 2000, codified at 22 U.S.C. § 6831. GAO-02-819R Global Fund Evaluation Is Premature

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