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education of women and their equal participation in the civil, cultural, economic,
political and social activities of the community and the promotion of the right to
development;
35. Stresses the need for the integration of the rights of children, girls and boys
alike, in all policies and programmes and for ensuring the promotion and protection
of those rights, especially in areas relating to health, education and the full
development of their capacities;
36. Recalls the Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast Track to
Accelerating the Fight against HIV and to Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 2030,
adopted on 8 June 2016 at the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on HIV
and AIDS, 22 and underscores the importance of enhanced international cooperation to
support the efforts of Member States to achieve health goals, including the target of
ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030, implement universal access to health-care
services and address health challenges;
37. Also recalls the political declaration of the third high-level meeting of the
General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases 23 and
the political declaration of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the
fight against tuberculosis, 24 both adopted on 10 October 2018, with their particular
focus on development and other challenges and social and economic determinants and
impacts, particularly for developing countries;
38. Welcomes the political declaration of the high-level meeting on universal
health coverage entitled “Universal health coverage: moving together to build a
healthier world”, as adopted in its resolution 74/2 of 10 October 2019, in which it was
reaffirmed that health is a precondition for and an outcome and indicator of the social,
economic and environmental dimensions of sustainable development and the
implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
39. Recalls the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 25 which
entered into force on 3 May 2008, and General Assembly resolution 70/1 of
25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development”, and, while recognizing persons with disabilities as agents
and beneficiaries of development, stresses the need to take into consideration the
rights of persons with disabilities and the importance of international cooperation in
support of national efforts in the realization of the right to development;
40. Stresses its commitment to indigenous peoples in the process of the
realization of the right to development, reaffir ms the commitment to promote their
rights in the areas of education, employment, vocational training and retraining,
housing, sanitation, health and social security, in accordance with recognized
international human rights obligations and taking into account, as appropriate, the
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, adopted by the
General Assembly in its resolution 61/295 of 13 September 2007, and in this regard
recalls the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly known as the World
Conference on Indigenous Peoples, held in 2014;
41. Recognizes the need for strong partnerships with civil society
organizations and the private sector in pursuit of poverty eradication and
development, as well as for corporate social responsibility;
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