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G8: 2007 Summit

My Lords, I pay tribute to the substantial progress now being attempted in HIV/AIDS, but I seek further clarity on what the noble Baroness said and what has been agreed. The pledge at Gleneagles was that the G8 nations would come, "““as close as possible to providing universal access to treatment for all who need it by 2010””." But, in the communiqué issued at the end of the summit, paragraph 58 stated that G8 countries will, "““support life-saving anti-retroviral treatment for approximately five million people in Africa””." Does that not mean in practice that the pledge has been watered down, and that by 2010 several people will be left without treatment?