E/2005/27 E/CN.6/2005/11 world fit for children”,21 and recognizing that their implementation is a major contribution to protecting the rights and promoting the well-being of children, Recalling further General Assembly resolution 58/236 of 23 December 2003, entitled “Follow-up to the outcome of the twenty-sixth special session: implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS”, Recalling Commission on Human Rights resolution 2004/26 of 16 April 2004, entitled “Access to medication in the context of pandemics such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria”, Recalling also the holding of the fifteenth International AIDS Conference in Bangkok, from 11 to 16 July 2004, with the theme “Access for All” in respect of people living with HIV/AIDS, Welcoming the launch in February 2004, by the Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS and its partners, of the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, which seeks to raise awareness of the effects of HIV/AIDS on women and girls and to stimulate and increase action in the fight against HIV/AIDS, Welcoming also the high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS, scheduled to take place in June 2005, to review the progress achieved in realizing the commitments set out in the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, Acknowledging that prevention, care, support and treatment for those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS are mutually reinforcing elements of an effective response that must be integrated into a comprehensive approach to combat the epidemic, Recognizing that populations destabilized by armed conflict, humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters, including refugees, internally displaced persons and, in particular, women and children, are at an increased risk of exposure to HIV infection, Deeply concerned that the global HIV/AIDS pandemic disproportionately affects women and girls and that the majority of new HIV infections occurs among young people, Concerned that women’s unequal legal, economic and social status, as well as violence against women and girls and other cultural and physiological factors, increase their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS, Also concerned that women and girls have different and unequal access to and use of health resources for the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS, 1. Stresses with deep concern that the HIV/AIDS emergency, with its devastating scale and impact, requires urgent actions in all fields and at all levels; 2. Also stresses that gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls are fundamental elements in the reduction of their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS, and emphasizes that the advancement of women and girls is key to reversing the pandemic; 3. Reaffirms the need for Governments, supported by relevant actors, including civil society, to intensify national efforts and international cooperation in the implementation of the commitments contained in the Declaration of __________________ 21 10 General Assembly resolution S-27/2, annex.