E/2003/27 E/CN.6/2003/12 2. Reaffirms the need for Governments, supported by relevant actors, including civil society, to continue to implement the commitments on HIV/AIDS contained in the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS32 and to work towards effectively reflecting in their national policies and strategies the gender dimension of the pandemic, in line with the time-bound goals of the Declaration; 3. Urges Governments to take all necessary measures to empower women and strengthen their economic independence and to protect and promote their full enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms in order to allow them to protect themselves from HIV infection; 4. Calls upon Governments to intensify efforts to challenge gender stereotypes and attitudes and gender inequalities in relation to HIV/AIDS and to encourage the active involvement of men and boys; 5. Encourages the continued collaboration between the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and other United Nations agencies and programmes and other international organizations to address and reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS, in particular in the context of emergency situations and as part of humanitarian efforts, and to address the growing links between HIV/AIDS and other programmes, including humanitarian programmes; 6. Calls upon all Governments to take measures to ensure that the necessary resources are made available, in particular from donor countries, and also from national budgets, in line with the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS; 7. Welcomes the financial contributions made to date towards the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, urges further contributions to sustain the Fund, and calls upon all countries to encourage the private sector to contribute to the Fund; 8. Welcomes the ongoing work by the United Nations system in providing widespread information on the gender dimension of the pandemic and in raising awareness about the critical intersection between gender inequality and HIV/AIDS; 9. Calls for enhanced efforts by all relevant actors to include a gender perspective in the development of HIV/AIDS programmes and policies and in the training of personnel involved in implementing such programmes, including through focusing on the role of men and boys in addressing HIV/AIDS; 10. Urges Governments to continue to promote the participation and the significant contribution of people living with HIV/AIDS, young people and civil society actors in addressing the problem of HIV/AIDS in all its aspects; 11. Invites the Secretary-General, in his reports on HIV/AIDS, to take a gender perspective into account. Resolution 47/2 Mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes in the United Nations system* The Commission on the Status of Women, __________________ General Assembly resolution S-26/2. * For the discussion, see chap. III. 32 13