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More EU money urged for AIDS

    JOHANNESBURG

    International lawmakers on Thursday urged the European Union (EU) to commit more money to tackling HIV/AIDS in Africa.

    Addressing a recent press conference in Gaborone, Botswana, the Association of Western European Parliamentarians for Africa (AWEPA) said a stronger commitment could help to avoid "murder by silence".

    The news service Agence France Presse (AFP) quoted AWEPA president Jan Nico Scholten as saying: "Europe must do more by pumping more money into the fight against the disease. The silence of the world is murder by silence."

    Thirty-five parliamentary organisations from Africa and the EU are currently gathered in Gaborone to discuss how parliamentary institutions can contribute to the fight against HIV/AIDS.

    Describing the situation in Africa as "awful", Scholten said the EU parliamentarians attending the meeting should "go back with the message" that African AIDS projects needed more funding.

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