E/2010/27 E/CN.6/2010/11 84. After the adoption of the draft resolution, a statement in explanation of vote was made by the representative of Japan. 85. Statements were made by the observers for Egypt and Palestine. Women, the girl child and HIV and AIDS 86. At the 18th meeting, on 11 March, the representative of Namibia, on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the Southern African Development Community, introduced a draft resolution entitled “Women, the girl child and HIV and AIDS” (E/CN.6/2010/L.2/Rev.1). Subsequently, Panama joined in sponsoring the draft resolution, which read: “The Commission on the Status of Women, “Reaffirming the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the outcome documents of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS, the HIV/AIDS-related goals contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration of 2000 and the Millennium Development Goals, in particular the aim of Member States to have halted, by 2015, and begun to reverse, the transmission of HIV, 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, taking note of the recommendations contained therein, and welcoming the initiative taken by the Secretary-General in 2008 to launch a multi-year campaign to end violence against women, “Taking note of the outcome of the 2008 high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS, “Recalling all previous resolutions on this subject, “Reaffirming that prevention, treatment, care and support for people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS are mutually reinforcing elements of an effective response that must be integrated into a comprehensive approach to combat the epidemic, and recognizing the need to ensure the respect, protection and fulfilment of human rights in the context of HIV and AIDS, “Recognizing that populations destabilized by armed conflict, humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters, including refugees, internally displaced persons and, in particular, women and children, are increasingly vulnerable to HIV infection, “Deeply concerned by the increased vulnerability to HIV infection faced by women and girls living with disabilities resulting from, inter alia, legal and economic inequalities, sexual and gender-based violence, discrimination and violations of their rights, “Also deeply concerned that the global HIV/AIDS pandemic disproportionately affects women and girls and that the majority of new HIV infections occur among young people, 64 10-30576

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