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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/54/283
14 September 2000
Fifty-fourth session
Agenda item 176
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/54/L.88/Rev.1 and Add.1)]
54/283. Review of the problem of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome in all its aspects
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 44/233 of 22 December 1989, Economic and Social Council resolution 1999/36
of 28 July 1999 and other relevant resolutions,
Noting with deep concern the accelerating spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which has
already infected millions of people worldwide, and the resulting increase in cases of acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS),
Recognizing that no country in the world has been spared by the AIDS epidemic and that 90 per cent
of the people living with HIV/AIDS live in the developing world, which has been very severely affected,
particularly in Africa,
Mindful that the AIDS epidemic has become a development crisis in many countries, with devastating
consequences for human, social and economic progress, and that the development gains of the past fifty
years, including the increase in child survival and in life expectancy, are being reversed by the HIV/AIDS
epidemic,
Alarmed that, despite all efforts, the HIV/AIDS epidemic is having a more severe impact than was
originally projected, and recognizing that resources devoted to combating the epidemic at both national and
international levels are not commensurate with the magnitude of the problem,
Commending the efforts by the Joint United Nations Programme on Human Immunodeficiency
Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome to coordinate and intensify efforts to address HIV/AIDS in all
appropriate forums,
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