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11. Welcome the leadership and commitment shown in every aspect of the HIV
and AIDS response by Governments, people living with HIV, political and
community leaders, parliaments, regional and subregional organizations,
communities, families, faith-based organizations, scientists, health professionals,
donors, the philanthropic community, the workforce, the business sector, civil
society and the media;
12. Welcome the exceptional efforts at the national, regional and international
levels to implement the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the
2006 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS and the important progress being made,
including a more than 25 per cent reduction in the rate of new HIV infections in
over 30 countries, the significant reduction in mother-to-child transmission of HIV
and the unprecedented expansion of access to HIV antiretroviral treatment to over
6 million people, resulting in the reduction of AIDS-related deaths by more than
20 per cent in the past five years;
13. Recognize that the worldwide commitment to the global HIV epidemic has
been unprecedented since the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and
the 2006 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS, represented by an over eight-fold
increase in funding from 1.8 billion United States dollars in 2001 to 16 billion
dollars in 2010, the largest amount dedicated to combating a single disease in
history;
14. Express deep concern that funding devoted to HIV and AIDS responses is still
not commensurate with the magnitude of the epidemic either nationally or
internationally and that the global financial and economic crisis continues to have a
negative impact on the HIV and AIDS response at all levels, including the fact that,
for the first time, international assistance has not increased from the levels in 2008
and 2009, and in this regard welcome the increased resources that are being made
available as a result of the establishment by many developed countries of timetables
to achieve the target of 0.7 per cent of gross national product for official
development assistance by 2015, stressing also the importance of complementary
innovative sources of financing, in addition to traditional funding, including official
development assistance, to support national strategies, financing plans and
multilateral efforts aimed at combating HIV and AIDS;
15. Stress the importance of international cooperation, including the role of NorthSouth, South-South and triangular cooperation, in the global response to HIV and
AIDS, bearing in mind that South-South cooperation is not a substitute for, but
rather a complement to, North-South cooperation, and recognize the shared but
differentiated responsibilities and respective capacities of Governments and donor
countries, as well as civil society, including the private sector, while noting that
national ownership and leadership are absolutely indispensable in this regard;
16. Commend the secretariat and the Co-sponsors of the Joint United Nations
Programme on HIV/AIDS for their leadership role on HIV and AIDS policy and
coordination and for the support they provide to countries through the Joint
Programme;
17. Commend the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for the
vital role it is playing in mobilizing and providing funding for national and regional
HIV and AIDS responses and in improving the predictability of financing over the
long term, and welcome the commitment of over 30 billion dollars in funding from
donors to date, including the significant pledges made by donors at the Global Fund
replenishment conference held on 4 and 5 October 2010; note with concern that,
while these pledges represent an increase in financing, they fall short of the amounts
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