; Whereas the United Kingdom and Japan, for example, already have pledged significant increases to the Global Fund for the Sixth Replenishment; Whereas the Global Fund’s requirements for cofinancing have spurred domestic investments, with recipient countries committing 41 percent more of their own funding to fight AIDS, TB, and malaria for 2018 to 2020 compared to 2015 to 2017; Whereas recipient countries are expected to increase their co-financing by 48 percent, growing to $46,000,000,000 from 2021 to 2023; and Whereas with these resources secured, the Global Fund projects it will reduce the number of deaths due to AIDS, TB, and malaria by nearly 50 percent, avert 234,000,000 infections or disease cases, and save an additional 16,000,000 lives: Now, therefore, be it