United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/55/13
Distr.: General
16 November 2000
Fifty-fifth session
Agenda item 179
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/55/L.13 and Add.1)]
55/13.
Review of the problem of human immunodeficiency
virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in all its
aspects
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 54/283 of 5 September 2000 and resolution 55/2 of
8 September 2000, entitled “United Nations Millennium Declaration”, in particular
paragraphs 19, 20 and 28 thereof, as well as other relevant resolutions, and taking
note of Economic and Social Council resolution 1999/36 of 28 July 1999, as well as
Security Council resolution 1308 (2000) of 17 July 2000,
Recalling also the relevant provisions of the final document adopted at its
twenty-first special session on 2 July 1999 on key actions for the further
implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on
Population and Development, 1 the final document adopted at its twenty-third special
session on 10 June 2000 on further actions and initiatives to implement the Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action, 2 and the final document adopted at its twentyfourth special session on 1 July 2000 on further initiatives for social development,3
Taking note of the statement of thirteen women Ministers for Foreign Affairs
concerning the worldwide threat of the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), issued on 12 September 2000 4 and the
Ouagadougou Declaration adopted at the fifth Pan-African Conference of Red Cross
and Red Crescent Societies, which was held at Ouagadougou from 21 to
25 September 2000, 5
1.
Decides to convene, as a matter of urgency, a special session of the
General Assembly, from 25 to 27 June 2001, to review and address the problem of
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)
in all its aspects, as well as to secure a global commitment to enhancing
1
Resolution S-21/2, annex.
Resolution S-23/3, annex.
3
Resolution S-24/2, annex.
4
A/55/394, annex.
5
A/55/480, annex.
2
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