Follow-Up to the Outcome of the 26th Special Session : Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on Hiv/Aids

A/RES/58/236View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 47 Follow-up to the outcome of the 26th special session : implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, published in 2004.

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2 versions · 2003–2004

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2004	A/RES/58/236	Follow-up to the outcome of the 26th special session : implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS	2,168	12%Compare
2003	A/RES/57/299	Follow-up to the outcome of the 26th special session : implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS	681	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

2 reports · 2003–2005

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2005	A/59/765	Progress made in the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/58/236
2003	A/58/184	Progress towards implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/57/299

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Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on progress towards implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS;⁵

⁵A/58/184.

Reaffirms its commitment to the goals and targets contained in the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS1 and the United Nations Millennium Declaration2 and to their implementation;

Stresses with deep concern that the HIV/AIDS emergency, with its devastating scale and impact, requires urgent actions in all fields and at all levels;

Urges relevant United Nations organizations, as well as other relevant international organizations, to further support national efforts for implementation of the Declaration of Commitment and address the issue of the cost, availability and affordability of drugs and related technology;

Urges Member States to intensify national efforts and international cooperation in the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment in order to meet the goals and targets contained therein based on national plans, where they exist, and, in particular, where gaps have been identified in the report of the Secretary-General by, inter alia:

Providing stronger and more visible leadership in response to the epidemic;

Creating an environment that encourages the engagement of and partnerships with all stakeholders, including civil society, people living with HIV/AIDS, marginalized and vulnerable groups, cultural and faith-based organizations, non-governmental organizations, traditional health practitioners, the private sector, international institutions and the media;

Strengthening policies and programmes for combating HIV/AIDS, including those relating to the protection and promotion of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, including eliminating stigmas and discrimination against people living with and/or affected by HIV/AIDS, ensuring gender equality, assisting orphans and children and expanding access to treatment, care and support;

Building and scaling up a comprehensive response to achieve broad multisectoral coverage for prevention, care, treatment and support and recognizing the need to seriously address impact mitigation issues, in particular in the worst affected countries, and specifically within this context:

Intensifying prevention measures, especially those directed at vulnerable groups, in particular women and young persons, bearing in mind that prevention is the mainstay of the national, regional and international response;

Expanding access to treatment, in a progressive and sustainable manner, including the prevention and treatment of opportunistic diseases and the effective use of antiretroviral medication;

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Improving the provision of care and support to those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, including orphans;

Mitigating the social and economic impact of the epidemic;

Promoting access to low-cost and effective drugs and related pharmaceutical products;

Strengthening health-care systems and integrating HIV/AIDS programmes into current health services;

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Strengthening HIV/AIDS surveillance and systems for evaluating programme effectiveness;

Strengthening pharmaceutical policies and practices, including those applicable to generic drugs and intellectual property regimes, in order to further promote innovation and the development of domestic industries consistent with international law;

Intensifying training and research initiatives or programmes to strengthen the capacities of Governments to manage the epidemic;

Sharing experiences and exchanging information on key areas of intervention, such as prevention, the provision of care and support for HIV/AIDS-infected persons and the treatment of HIV/AIDS-related conditions;

Addressing the human resource crisis affecting the effective implementation of comprehensive national HIV/AIDS programmes, including supporting the development of monitoring and evaluation capacities and working at the national and international levels to generate flexible solutions;

Mobilizing financial resources and providing the support necessary to ensure that they are targeted effectively and absorbed quickly and deliver equitable and sustainable coverage of services, particularly to those most in need;

Welcomes with appreciation the Declaration on the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and Public Health, adopted on 14 November 2001 at the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization, held in Doha,⁶ and the decision dated 30 August 2003 of the General Council of the World Trade Organization on the implementation of paragraph 6 of the Declaration;⁷

⁶WT/MIN(01)/DEC/2. Available from http://docsonline.wto.org.

⁷WT/L/540. Available from http://docsonline.wto.org.

Welcomes the commitment by the World Health Organization and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS to work with the international community to support developing countries in achieving the target of providing antiretroviral medicines to 3 million people infected with HIV/AIDS by the end of 2005, the “3 by 5” target, recalling Commission on Human Rights resolution 2003/29 of 22 April 2003 entitled “Access to medication in the context of pandemics such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria”;3

Urges the mobilization of additional resources from national, bilateral, multilateral and private sources, including but not limited to additional support to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, in order to address the growing need;

Also urges the provision of additional financial resources to the United Nations system, especially the Joint Programme’s secretariat and Co-sponsors, in order that they may intensify their support for national responses to HIV/AIDS;

Emphasizes that, with the increasing number of HIV/AIDS initiatives at the global, regional and national levels, there is a need for close coordination at all levels, including under government leadership at the national level to ensure a harmonized approach and to increase the effectiveness of the response;

Encourages the private sector to become fully engaged in the fight against HIV/AIDS, including by adopting relevant workplace non-discrimination policies;

Encourages the private sector and the pharmaceutical industry to contribute to the fight against AIDS by, inter alia, continuing to provide key AIDS pharmaceuticals that meet the standards of the World Health Organization, at the lowest possible prices;

Recognizes the importance of young men and women having access to information, education, including peer education and youth-specific HIV education, and services necessary to develop the life skills required to reduce their vulnerability to HIV infection, in full partnership with young persons, parents, families, educators and health-care providers;

Reiterates the need to respond urgently to the dire situation in sub-Saharan Africa and in particular the crisis conditions in the southern African region, in order to minimize the loss of institutional capacity in key national sectors and mitigate the threat of accelerating the cycle of poverty, food insecurity, instability and heightened vulnerability to HIV/AIDS;

Stresses the need for intensified action in all regions, especially the Caribbean, Eastern Europe and Asia and the Pacific;

Decides to hold a high-level meeting in 2005 to review the progress achieved in realizing the commitments set out in the Declaration of Commitment, and decides also that the scheduling, format, participation, including civil society participation, and other organizational details will be further considered during the fifty-eighth session of the General Assembly;

Requests the Secretary-General, in this regard, to submit a comprehensive and analytical report on progress achieved in realizing the commitments set out in the Declaration of Commitment, in particular those set out for 2005, with a view to identifying problems and constraints and making recommendations on action needed to make further progress;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-ninth session, the item entitled “Follow up to the outcome of the twenty-sixth special session: implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS”.

Follow-Up to the Outcome of the 26th Special Session : Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on Hiv/Aids

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