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UNITED NATIONS — World leaders on Friday declared HIV “an unprecedented human catastrophe” and adopted new targets to combat the epidemic, including providing drug treatment to 15 million people by 2015.

A political declaration hammered out after seven weeks of difficult negotiations was adopted by consensus by the U.N. General Assembly at the end of a three-day high-level meeting to spotlight successes in tackling HIV/AIDS and the need to intensify the fight.

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