MEPs express their deepest concern at the expansion of HIV/AIDS and other epidemics amongst the poorest populations in the world and at the lack of focus on prevention of HIV/AIDS, inaccessibility of key medicines, insufficient funding and the lack of research efforts on the major epidemics.
Šajā nolūkā jāizmanto Līgumos paredzētā "tilta" jeb pārejas klauzula, kas ļaus lēmumu pieņemšanā piedalīties Eiropas Parlamentam un paplašinās Eiropas Kopienu tiesas kompetenci.