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A World Trade Organisation deal allowing poor nations to import generic copies of patented drugs is not being implemented, depriving countries of a cheap source of supply, UNAIDS executive director Peter Piot said on Tuesday. The pact, finalised last September, is supposed to allow developing countries with meagre or no drug industries to buy generic drugs from countries such as India or Brazil to combat HIV and other health crises.