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Rights of the child 1998, para. 5b
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- [Calls upon all States:] And international and non-governmental organizations, individually and collectively, to set goals and to develop and effectively implement gender-sensitive strategies to address the rights and needs of children, in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, especially the rights and particular needs of girls in education, health and nutrition, and to eliminate harmful cultural attitudes and practices against girls;
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- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 1998
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Rights of the child 1998, para. 8
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- Profoundly concerned that the situation of children in many parts of the world remains critical as a result of poverty, inadequate social and economic conditions, natural disasters, armed conflicts, displacement, economic and sexual exploitation, illiteracy, hunger, intolerance, disability and inadequate legal protection, and convinced that urgent and effective national and international action is called for,
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- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Poverty
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 1998
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Rights of the child 1998, para. 9
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- Recognizing that legislation alone is not enough to prevent violations of the rights of the child, that stronger political commitment is needed and that Governments should implement their laws and complement legislative measures with effective action, inter alia in the fields of law enforcement and in the administration of justice, and in social, educational and public health programmes,
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- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Children
- Year
- 1998
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Rights of the child 1998, para. 13b
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- [Reaffirms:] That all humanitarian responses in situations of armed conflict should emphasize the special reproductive health needs of girls and women, including those that arise from pregnancy as a result of rape, sexual mutilation, childbirth at an early age or infection with sexually transmitted diseases, as well as human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome, and access to family planning services;
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- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 1998
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Rights of the child 1998, para. 17a
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- [Calls upon all States:] To protect refugee and internally displaced children, including through policies for their care, well-being and development, in such areas as health, education and psychosocial rehabilitation, with the necessary international cooperation, in particular with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children's Fund and the International Committee of the Red Cross, in accordance with their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and taking into account the 1994 guidelines on protection and care of refugee children of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Conclusion on refugee children and adolescents adopted by the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme at its forty-eighth session in October 1997, as well as the recommendations of the representative of the Secretary-General on internally displaced persons (see E/CN.4/1998/53 and Add.1 and 2);
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- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1998
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Rights of the child 1999, para. 2b
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- [Calls upon States parties:] To ensure adequate and systematic training for professional groups working with and for children, inter alia, specialized judges, law enforcement officials, lawyers, social workers, medical doctors and teachers, and coordination between various governmental bodies involved in children's rights;
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- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 1999
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Rights of the child 1999, para. 4
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- Profoundly concerned that the situation of children in many parts of the world remains critical as a result of poverty, inadequate social and economic conditions aggravated by the current international financial crisis in an increasingly globalized world economy, pandemics, natural disasters, armed conflicts, displacement, exploitation, illiteracy, hunger, intolerance, disability and inadequate legal protection, and convinced that urgent and effective national and international action is called for,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Poverty
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 1999
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Rights of the child 1999, para. 15d
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- [Reaffirms:] That all humanitarian responses in situations of armed conflict should emphasize the importance of relevant measures to ensure respect for the rights of the child, including physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration, especially the special reproductive health needs of girls and women, including those that arise from pregnancy as a result of rape, sexual mutilation, childbirth at an early age or infection with sexually transmitted diseases, as well as human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), and access to family planning services;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 1999
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Rights of the child 1999, para. 21b
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- [Calls upon all States:] To increase protection of refugee and internally displaced children, including through policies for their care, wellbeing and development, in such areas as health, education and psychosocial rehabilitation, with the necessary international cooperation, in particular with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children's Fund, the Representative of the SecretaryGeneral on internally displaced persons and the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, in accordance with their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1999
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Rights of the child 1999, para. 32a
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- [Reaffirms:] That the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health and access to health care, as set out in article 24 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, is an integral part of the full realization of all their human rights, which are universal, indivisible and interdependent;
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- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 1999
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Rights of the child 1999, para. 32b
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- [Reaffirms:] The right of every child to a standard of living adequate for the child's physical, mental, spiritual, moral and social development, and expresses deep concern about the number of children living below these standards and infant and child mortality due to preventable diseases, all over the world, in particular in the developing countries;
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- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 1999
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Rights of the child 1999, para. 32c
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- [Reaffirms:] The importance of the agreed conclusions on social services for all which appear in the annex to resolution 37/1 adopted by the Commission for Social Development at its thirtyseventh session (see E/1999/26E/CN.5/1999/15, chap. I) and recognizes that social services are an integral part of, and contribute positively to, social and economic development, that the primary responsibility for ensuring provision of and universal access to social services rests with Governments, and that international cooperation to enhance social development would facilitate the provision of basic services for all;
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- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Children
- Year
- 1999
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Rights of the child 1999, para. 33a
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- [Welcomes:] The increased attention given by the Committee on the Rights of the Child to the realization of the highest attainable standard of health and access to health care, and takes note of the thematic discussion held at its nineteenth session in 1998 on the rights of children living in a world with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), as well as the recommendations adopted (CRC/C/80, para. 243);
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- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 1999
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Rights of the child 1999, para. 33b
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- [Welcomes:] The development of a global strategic framework on young people and HIV/AIDS, based on a rights approach, initiated by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) working in partnership with the UNAIDS cosponsors and in consultation with relevant parts of the United Nations system;
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- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 1999
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Rights of the child 1999, para. 33c
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- [Welcomes:] World Health Assembly resolution WHA 51.22 of 16 May 1998 on the health of young children and adolescents and steps taken to further increase cooperation between the World Health Organization and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Committee on the Rights of the Child, the United Nations Children's Fund and other relevant partners in developing a rightsbased approach in programming and implementing programmes to prevent and combat disease, malnutrition and disability;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 1999
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Rights of the child 1999, para. 34a
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- [Calls upon all States:] And relevant bodies and organizations of the United Nations system, in particular the World Health Organization, to pay particular attention to the development of sustainable health systems and social services to ensure the effective prevention of diseases, malnutrition, disabilities and infant and child mortality, including through prenatal and postnatal health care, as well as the provision of necessary medical treatment and health care to all children, taking into consideration the special needs of young children, including prevention of common infectious diseases, the special needs of adolescents, including reproductive and sexual health and threats from substance abuse and violence, and the particular needs of children living in poverty, children in situations of armed conflict and of vulnerable groups;
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- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons with disabilities
- Youth
- Year
- 1999
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Rights of the child 1999, para. 34b
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- [Calls upon all States:] And relevant bodies and organizations of the United Nations system, in particular the World Health Organization, to ensure education and training of health professionals in human rights, including the rights of the child and the human rights of women and girls;
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- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 1999
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Rights of the child 1999, para. 34c
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- [Calls upon all States:] To adopt all necessary measures to ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by children affected by disease and malnutrition, including protection from all forms of discrimination, abuse or neglect, in particular in the access to and provision of health care;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 1999
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Rights of the child 2000, para. 16a
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- [Calls upon all States:] And relevant bodies and organizations of the United Nations system, in particular the World Health Organization, to pay particular attention to the development of sustainable health systems and social services to ensure the effective prevention of diseases, malnutrition, disabilities and infant and child mortality, including through prenatal and postnatal health care, as well as the provision of necessary medical treatment and health care to all children, taking into consideration the special needs of young children, including prevention of common infectious diseases, the special needs of adolescents, including those relating to reproductive and sexual health and threats from substance abuse and violence, and the particular needs of children living in poverty, children in situations of armed conflict and in vulnerable groups;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons with disabilities
- Youth
- Year
- 2000
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Rights of the child 2000, para. 16c
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- [Calls upon all States:] To adopt all necessary measures to ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by children affected by disease and malnutrition, including protection from all forms of discrimination, abuse or neglect, in particular in the access to and provision of health care;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2000
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Rights of the child 2000, para. 17
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- Encourages the Committee on the Rights of the Child to continue to give attention to the realization of the highest attainable standard of health and access to health care, and takes note of the recommendations adopted on HIV/AIDS;
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- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Children
- Year
- 2000
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Rights of the child 2000, para. 18
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- Urges Governments to take all necessary measures to protect children infected and/or affected by HIV/AIDS from all forms of discrimination, stigma, abuse and neglect, in particular in the access to and provision of health, education and social services;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2000
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Rights of the child 2000, para. 19a
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- [Calls upon the international community, relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations;] To give importance also to the treatment and rehabilitation of the children infected with HIV/AIDS and invites them to consider further involving the private sector;
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- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2000
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Rights of the child 2000, para. 19b
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- [Calls upon the international community, relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations;] To intensify their support of national efforts against HIV/AIDS aimed at providing assistance to children infected or affected by the epidemic, focusing particularly on the worst-hit regions of Africa and where the epidemic is severely setting back national development gains;
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- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2000
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Rights of the child 2000, para. 28
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- [Calls upon all States:] Urges the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide administrative assistance to the Special Rapporteur on traditional practices affecting the health of women and the girl child of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights to enable her to proceed with her work;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2000
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Rights of the child 2000, para. 32b
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- [Calls upon all States:] To increase protection of refugee and internally displaced children, including through policies for their care, well-being and development, in such areas as health, education and psychosocial rehabilitation, with the necessary international cooperation, in particular with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children's Fund, the Representative of the Secretary-General on internally displaced persons and the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, in accordance with their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2000
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Rights of the child 2001, para. 7
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- Profoundly concerned that the situation of children in many parts of the world remains critical as a result of the persistence of poverty, inadequate social and economic conditions in an increasingly globalized world economy, pandemics, in particular the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), natural disasters, armed conflicts, displacement, exploitation, illiteracy, hunger, intolerance, discrimination, disability and inadequate legal protection, and convinced that urgent and effective national and international action is called for,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2001
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Rights of the child 2001, para. 11
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- Stressing the importance of taking into account a child rights approach in the preparations for the special session of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS to be convened in June 2001 and the need for a concerted approach for children affected or infected by the pandemic, including those orphaned as a result of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, focusing in particular on the worst-hit regions in Africa, and to give importance to the treatment, care and support of children infected by HIV/AIDS,
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2001
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Rights of the child 2001, para. 12
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- [Reaffirming paragraphs 16 to 19 of its resolution 2000/85,] Calls upon all States to take all appropriate measures to develop sustainable health systems and social services and to ensure access to such systems and services without discrimination, and to pay particular attention to adequate food and nutrition to prevent disease and malnutrition, to prenatal and post-natal health care, to special needs of adolescents, to reproductive and sexual health and to threats from substance abuse and violence, and calls upon all States parties to take all necessary measures to ensure the right of all children, without discrimination, to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health in accordance with article 24 of the Convention;
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- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2001
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Rights of the child 2001, para. 13
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- [Reaffirming paragraphs 16 to 19 of its resolution 2000/85,] Also calls upon all States to give support and rehabilitation to children and their families affected by HIV/AIDS, to involve children and their caregivers, as well as the private sector, to ensure the effective prevention of HIV infections through correct information and access to affordable, voluntary and confidential care, treatment and testing, giving due importance to the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of the virus;
- Body
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2001
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