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Governments’ response to HIV/AIDS remains weak: A community evaluation shows a lack of access to HIV prevention and treatment and human rights protections

U.N.: AIDS Fight Depends on Respect for Rights: Refusal to Consider Most Vulnerable Threatens U.N. Declaration

Hundreds of protesters marched the streets of Manhattan today to pressure governments to provide greater leadership. Amidst the tense negotiations taking place at the UN High Level AIDS Review Meeting 2006, activists around the world gathered together to voice their solidarity. Sipho Mthathi, head of South Africa’s Treatment Action Campaign, took to the mobile stage and demanded that the African leaders stick to their commitments made in Abuja a month ago, and the issues such as rights, violence against women and concrete goals for action are given attention. A number of prominent US activists also spoke. See document below for more information.

Please see below press release issued by African Civil Society Coalition on AIDS

Last ditch effort to fight for leadership on AIDS in Africa

A new draft of the political declaration came out at midday on Thursday 1 June 2006. Please see below for the text.

New York, 1 June (EAA):
“We ask you to keep your promise because a lot of people are dying”, writes Namwene Phiri in a letter directed to her government leaders. Phiri’s letter was one of over 400 from Zambian young people presented today to Zambia’s Foreign Minister, the Honorable Ronnie Shikapwasha, at the United Nations’ Review and High Level Meeting on AIDS.

Civil Society Delegations to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: Communities of people living with the diseases, Developed Country NGO’s,Developing Country NGO’s joined by Stephen Lewis, UN Special Envoy to HIV/AIDS in Africa