Participation in the 2021 High-Level Meeting on Hiv/Aids

A/DEC/75/563View PDF

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A Decision of the General Assembly, under agenda item 10 Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the political declarations on HIV/AIDS, published in 2021.

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Conferences Hiv/Aids Hiv/Aids Prevention

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At its 59th plenary meeting, on 16 April 2021, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President,41 recalling its resolution 75/260 of 23 February 2021 on the high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS, noting with concern the situation

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regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, and noting that there were certain limitations in place on access to the United Nations premises as precautionary measures aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19, including quarantine requirements:

(a) Decided that Member States and observers of the General Assembly, in line with paragraph 2 (a) (ii) of its resolution 75/260, might submit a pre-recorded statement by their Head of State or Government, head of delegation or other dignitary, which would be played in the General Assembly Hall during the general debate of the high-level meeting, after introduction by their representative who was physically present in the Assembly Hall;

(b) Also decided that, in addition to the verbatim records of the high-level meeting, the President of the General Assembly would circulate as a document of the Assembly a compilation document of the statements delivered by means of pre-recorded statements during the high-level meeting and submitted to the President no later than the day on which the pre-recorded statement was played in the Assembly Hall, and that such pre-recorded statements would be attached to the verbatim records of the meeting.

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