Dear all,
During the ongoing negotiations on the UN High Level Meeting Declaration,
the European countries are blocking any specific target for getting people
on AIDS drugs over the next five years.
Please contact your government this week and tell them to support UN
Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon's call for 13 million on ART by 2015.
Thanks,
Wim
  
See background and call-in script below.

Background
The Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for a 13 million people in
need of HIV treatment to be on life-saving antiretroviral therapy
(ART) by 2015. And some are calling for 15 million, which is closer to
80%. However, in its submission the EU bloc has removed any reference
to a target, instead proposing language to "significantly increase the
numbers of people living with HIV who are provided with access to HIV
antiretroviral treatment." The EU bloc also sought to delete text
stating concern over the impact on access to affordable medicines of
overly restrictive intellectual property measures that surpass
international agreements.
Script
Hello, My name is and I would like to leave a message.
As (a person standing in solidarity with those living with or
affected by HIV/a person living with HIV) I'm calling to express my
disappointment with [name of country] and the EU bloc of member states
scaling back on the effort to reach more people with life-saving
treatment.
We need the EU to commit to 15 million people on ARV treatment by the
end of 2015. Instead the EU bloc has amended the draft outcomes
document so as to delete a target.
With scale-up of HIV treatment, we can reduce illness, death, and cut
the risk of HIV transmission by 96%.
The EU should support 15 million people on ARV treatment by 2015.
The EU bloc's amendments to the Zero Document
The EU bloc's changes to the first draft of the outcomes document
substantially weakens the global HIV response in two key areas, the
global target of the number of people living with HIV that will be
provided HIV/AIDS treatment in the coming years and intellectual
property policies to make HIV medicines more affordable.
PARAGRAPH 48
EU removes an opportunity for a target. Other blocs and member states
inserted 80% or 15 million here.
PARAGRAPH 21
EU removes concern about TRIPS plus.