Plan International - Girls' Rights Platform - Girls' rights are human rights: Positioning girls at the heart of the international agenda

United Nations A/RES/60/224 General Assembly Distr.: General 13 January 2006 Sixtieth session Agenda item 45 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 23 December 2005 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/60/L.43)] 60/224. Preparations for and organization of the 2006 follow-up meeting on the outcome of the twenty-sixth special session: implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS The General Assembly, Reaffirming its commitment to resolution S-26/2 of 27 June 2001 entitled “Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS”, and recalling its undertaking to devote sufficient time and at least one full day of the annual session of the General Assembly to review a report of the Secretary-General and make recommendations on action needed to achieve further progress, Reaffirming the importance of the follow-up process prescribed in the Declaration of Commitment, which included the setting of specific time-bound targets, which fall due in 2005 and 2010, and noting in this regard the holding on 2 June 2005 of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly to review progress achieved in realizing the commitments set out in the Declaration of Commitment, Recalling the 2005 World Summit Outcome adopted at the meeting held from 14 to 16 September 2005, 1 including the commitment to full implementation of the Declaration of Commitment, Recognizing that progress has been made in containing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in a small but growing number of countries, but remaining deeply concerned by the overall expansion and feminization of the epidemic, Recognizing also the primary role and responsibility of Governments in responding to HIV/AIDS and the essential need for the efforts and engagement of all sectors of society to generate an effective response, Recognizing further the important role of the international community and international cooperation in order to assist Member States, particularly developing countries, and to complement national efforts for generating an effective response to HIV/AIDS, _______________ 1 05-50104 See resolution 60/1.