E/2009/27 E/CN.6/2009/15 Noting the relevance of the regional reviews and outcomes of the regionallevel intergovernmental processes in preparation for the “Beijing plus 15” review, Building upon its agreed conclusions 1996/1, and taking into account Economic and Social Council resolutions 2001/27 of 26 July 2001, 2004/57 of 23 July 2004 and 2006/9 and General Assembly resolution 57/270 B of 23 June 2003, Decides to review, at its fifty-fourth session, the implementation of the 1. Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action3 and the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”,9 emphasizing the sharing of experiences and good practices, with a view to overcoming remaining obstacles and new challenges, including those related to the Millennium Development Goals; Requests the Bureau of the Commission on the Status of Women, in 2. preparation for the fifty-fourth session of the Commission, to hold informal consultations with all member States and observer States of the Commission on the modalities of the review, with a view to agreeing on its format and outcome; Decides to commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the adoption of the 3. Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, and in this regard recommends, through the Economic and Social Council, that the General Assembly hold a commemorative meeting during the fifty-fourth session of the Commission in March 2010. Resolution 53/2 Women, the girl child and HIV and AIDS* The Commission on the Status of Women, Reaffirming the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action,3 the outcome documents of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly,9 the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, 16 the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 17 and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS, 18 the HIV/AIDS-related goals contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration of 2000 19 and the Millennium Development Goals, in particular the aim of Member States to have halted, by 2015, and begun to reverse, the spread of HIV and AIDS, as well as the commitments on HIV/AIDS made at the 2005 World Summit, Welcoming the in-depth study of the Secretary-General on all forms of violence against women, 20 and taking note of the recommendations contained therein, Taking note of the outcome of the 2008 high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS held on 10 and 11 June 2008, __________________ * For the discussion, see chap. II, paras. 77-82. See Report of the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, 5-13 September 1994 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XIII.18), chap. I, resolution 1, annex. 17 General Assembly resolution S-26/2, annex. 18 Resolution 60/262, annex. 19 See General Assembly resolution 55/2. 20 A/61/122 and Add.1 and Add.1/Corr.1. 16 22 09-28398