Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast Track to Accelerating
the Fight against HIV and to Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 2030
A/RES/70/266
HIV and AIDS 16 and Human Rights Council resolutions 17/14 of 17 June 2011 17 on
the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical
and mental health in the context of development and access to medicines, 12/27 of
2 October 2009 18 and 16/28 of 25 March 2011 19 on the protection of human rights in
the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome (AIDS), and 12/24 of 2 October 2009 18 on access to medicine in the
context of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainabl e standard
of physical and mental health;
7.
Reaffirm that the promotion and protection of, and respect for, the human
rights and fundamental freedoms of all, including the right to development, which
are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated, should be mainstreamed
into all HIV and AIDS policies and programmes, and also reaffirm the need to take
measures to ensure that every person is entitled to participate in, contribute to and
enjoy economic, social, cultural and political development and that equal attention
and urgent consideration should be given to the promotion, protection and fulfilment
of all human rights;
8.
Underscore the importance of enhanced international cooperation to support
the efforts of Member States to achieve health goals, including the target of ending
the AIDS epidemic by 2030, implement universal access to health -care services and
address health challenges;
9.
Recognize that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is guided by the
purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, including full respect
for international law. It is grounded in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
international human rights treaties, the United Nations Millennium Declaration 20
and the 2005 World Summit Outcome. 21 It is informed by other instruments such as
the Declaration on the Right to Development; 22
10. Recognize that HIV and AIDS continue to constitute a global emergency, pose
one of the most formidable challenges to the development, progress and stability of
our respective societies and the world at large and require an exceptional and
comprehensive global response that takes into account the fact that the spread of
HIV is often a cause and a consequence of poverty and inequality, and that
effective HIV and AIDS responses are critical to the achievement of the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development in its three dimensions – economic, social
and environmental – in which it is recognized that eradicating poverty in all its
forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge
and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, that the dignity of
the human person is fundamental and that the Sustainable Development Goals and
targets should be met for all nations and peoples and for all segments of society, so
that no one will be left behind, thereby generating multiplier effects and a virtuous
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16
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2016, Supplement No. 7 (E/2016/27), chap. I,
sect. D.
17
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/66/53),
chap. III, sect. A.
18
Ibid., Sixty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 53 and corrigendum (A/65/53 and Corr.1), chap. I, sect. A.
19
Ibid., Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/66/53), chap. II, sect. A.
20
Resolution 55/2.
21
Resolution 60/1.
22
Resolution 41/128, annex.
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