E/2006/27 E/CN.6/2006/15 4. Strongly urges all parties to armed conflicts to respect fully the norms of international humanitarian law in armed conflict and to take all necessary measures for the protection of the civilian population as such, and to release immediately all women and children who have been taken hostage; 5. Urges all parties to armed conflicts to provide safe, unimpeded access to humanitarian assistance for those women and children, in accordance with international humanitarian law; 6. Stresses both the need to put an end to impunity and the responsibility of all States to prosecute in accordance with international law those responsible for war crimes, including hostage-taking; 7. Emphasizes the importance of objective, responsible and impartial information, including sex-disaggregated data, on hostages, verifiable by relevant international organizations, in facilitating their release, and calls for assistance to these organizations in this regard; 8. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure, within the context of the present resolution, the widest possible dissemination of relevant material, in particular material relating to Security Council resolution 1325 (2000), within existing resources; 9. Also requests the Secretary-General and all relevant international organizations to use their capabilities and undertake efforts to facilitate the immediate release of civilian women and children who have been taken hostage; 10. Invites the special rapporteurs with relevant mandates, as well as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict, to continue to address the issue of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts and its consequences; 11. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Commission on the Status of Women at its fifty-second session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, including relevant recommendations, taking into account the information provided by States and relevant international organizations; 12. Decides to consider the question at its fifty-second session. Resolution 50/2 Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS* The Commission on the Status of Women, Reaffirming the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action,14 the outcome documents of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly,16 the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development,19 the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS,20 adopted by the General Assembly at its twenty-sixth special session in 2001, the HIV/AIDS-related goals contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration of 200021 and the __________________ * For the discussion, see chap. II, paras. 52-58. Report of the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, 5-13 September 1994 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XIII.18), chap. I, resolution 1, annex. 20 General Assembly resolution S-26/2, annex. 21 General Assembly resolution 55/2. 19 14