The rights of the child 2002, para. II.12

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Urges States to give particular emphasis to the prevention of HIV infection in young children and strengthen efforts to prevent adolescents and women from becoming HIV-infected, inter alia, by including HIV/AIDS prevention in educational curricula and educational programmes consistent with the epidemiology of the diseases in each State, and by supporting wide-scale voluntary HIV testing and counselling programmes for pregnant women, together with services for HIV- infected pregnant women to reduce the risk of transmitting the virus from infected pregnant women to their children;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Infants
  • Women
  • Youth
Year
2002
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, The rights of the child (2002), A/RES/57/190, OP II.12.
Paragraph info
OP
Paragraph number
II.12