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child to access to information, privacy, confidentiality, respect and informed consent
and the responsibilities, rights and duties of parents and legal guardians;
(c) Care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS, particularly women
and girls, should have a comprehensive approach involving medical, social,
psychological, spiritual and economic needs, targeting the community and national
levels;
(d) Collaborate to strengthen efforts to create an environment and the
conditions necessary, with the assistance of relevant United Nations agencies, funds
and programmes and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations upon
request, to address the challenges faced by women and girls infected and affected by
HIV/AIDS, particularly orphans and widows, girls and older women who may also
be primary caregivers for people living with HIV/AIDS, all of whom are
particularly vulnerable to both economic and sexual exploitation; provide them with
the necessary economic and psycho-social support and encourage their economic
independence through income-generating programmes and other methods;
(e) Prov ide support for the implementation of special programmes for the
growing problems of children orphaned by AIDS, especially girls who may easily
become victims of sexual exploitation;
4.
Enabling environment for regional and international cooperation
(a ) Call upon the international community, relevant agencies, funds and
programmes of the United Nations system and intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations to intensify their support of national efforts against
HIV/AIDS, particularly in favour of women and young girls, including efforts at
providing affordable antiretroviral drugs, diagnostics and drugs to treat tuberculosis
and other opportunistic infections; strengthening health systems, including reliable
distribution and delivery systems; implementing a strong generic drug policy; bulk
purchasing; negotiating with pharmaceutical companies to reduce prices;
appropriate financing systems; and encouraging local manufacturing and import
practices consistent with national laws and international agreements, and
particularly in the worst hit regions in Africa and where the epidemic is severely
setting back national development gains;
(b) Take action to eradicate poverty, which is a major contributory factor for
the spread of HIV infection and worsens the impact of the epidemic, particularly for
women and girls, as well as depleting resources and incomes of families and
endangering the survival of present and future generations;
(c) Identify and implement development-oriented and durable solutions that
integrate a gender perspective to external debt and debt-servicing problems of
developing countries, including least developed countries, inter alia, through debt
relief, including the option of debt cancellation for official development assistance
in order to help them to finance programmes and projects targeted at development,
including the advancement of women, inter alia, through facilitating the delivery of
health care and health services and the provision of preventive programmes on
HIV/AIDS, especially targeting women and girls; and in this regard, welcome the
Cologne initiative for the reduction of debt, particularly the speedy implementation
of the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiatives; and encourages
Governments to ensure the provision of adequate funds for its implementation and
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