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No more talk - activists

    JOHANNESBURG

    South African President Thabo Mbeki on Sunday said he did not know of any agreement reached with activists for a national HIV/AIDS treatment plan, local newspaper The Star reported.

    However, the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) said the government was actively involved in the writing up of an HIV/AIDS treatment agreement in the National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC) in November 2002.

    "The government must stop debating over non-issues and sign the agreement to allow treatment and care for all people living with HIV/AIDS," TAC national manager, Nathan Geffen, told the UN news service PlusNews.

    TAC said government officials were satisfied with the final text of the agreement, but then issued a statement in early December saying that they were not ready to sign.

    The lobby group has threatened a civil disobedience campaign against the government if the NEDLAC agreement is not signed by the end of February.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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