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At the regional level
97. Include HIV/AIDS and related public health concerns, as appropriate, on the
agenda of regional meetings at the ministerial and head of State and Government
level;
98. Support data collection and processing to facilitate periodic reviews by
regional commissions and/or regional organizations of progress in implementing
regional strategies and addressing regional priorities, and ensure wide dissemination
of the results of these reviews;
99. Encourage the exchange between countries of information and experiences in
implementing the measures and commitments contained in the present Declaration,
and in particular facilitate intensified South-South and triangular cooperation;
At the global level
100. Devote sufficient time and at least one full day of the annual session of the
General Assembly to review and debate a report of the Secretary-General on
progress achieved in realizing the commitments set out in the present Declaration,
with a view to identifying problems and constraints and making recommendations
on action needed to make further progress;
101. Ensure that HIV/AIDS issues are included on the agenda of all appropriate
United Nations conferences and meetings;
102. Support initiatives to convene conferences, seminars, workshops, training
programmes and courses to follow up issues raised in the present Declaration, and in
this regard encourage participation in and wide dissemination of the outcomes of the
forthcoming Dakar Conference on access to care for HIV infection; the Sixth
International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific; the Twelfth International
Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa; the Fourteenth
International Conference on AIDS, Barcelona, Spain; the Tenth International
Conference on People Living with HIV/AIDS, Port-of-Spain; the Second Forum and
Third Conference of the Horizontal Technical Cooperation Group on HIV/AIDS and
Sexually Transmitted Infections in Latin America and the Caribbean, Havana; the
Fifth International Conference on Home and Community Care for Persons Living
with HIV/AIDS, Chiang Mai, Thailand;
103. Explore, with a view to improving equity in access to essential drugs, the
feasibility of developing and implementing, in collaboration with non-governmental
organizations and other concerned partners, systems for the voluntary monitoring
and reporting of global drug prices;
We recognize and express our appreciation to those who have led the effort to raise
awareness of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and to deal with its complex challenges;
We look forward to strong leadership by Governments and concerted efforts with the
full and active participation of the United Nations, the entire multilateral system,
civil society, the business community and private sector;
And finally, we call on all countries to take the necessary steps to implement the
present Declaration, in strengthened partnership and cooperation with other
multilateral and bilateral partners and with civil society.
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