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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995, para. 44
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- [To this end, Governments, the international community and civil society, including non-governmental organizations and the private sector, are called upon to take strategic action in the following critical areas of concern:] Inequalities and inadequacies in and unequal access to health care and related services
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- Fourth World Conference on Women
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 1995
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Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 2001, para. 3
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- Noting with profound concern that by the end of 2000, 36.1 million people worldwide were living with HIV/AIDS, 90 per cent in developing countries and 75 per cent in sub-Saharan Africa;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2001
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Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 2001, para. 5
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- Concerned also that the continuing spread of HIV/AIDS will constitute a serious obstacle to the realization of the global development goals we adopted at the Millennium Summit of the United Nations;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2001
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Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 2001, para. 6
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- [Recalling and reaffirming our previous commitments on HIV/AIDS made through:] The Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS, of 14 February 2001;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2001
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Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 2001, para. 6
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- [Recalling and reaffirming our previous commitments on HIV/AIDS made through:] The Baltic Sea Declaration on HIV/AIDS Prevention, of 4 May 2000;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2001
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Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 2001, para. 6
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- [Recalling and reaffirming our previous commitments on HIV/AIDS made through:] The Central Asian Declaration on HIV/AIDS, of 18 May 2001;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2001
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Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 2001, para. 6
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- [Recalling and reaffirming our previous commitments on HIV/AIDS made through:] The United Nations Millennium Declaration, of 8 September 2000;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2001
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Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 2001, para. 6
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- [Recalling and reaffirming our previous commitments on HIV/AIDS made through:] The regional call for action to fight HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, of 25 April 2001;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2001
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Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 2001, para. 6
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- [Recalling and reaffirming our previous commitments on HIV/AIDS made through:] The Declaration of the Tenth Ibero-American Summit of heads of State, of 18 November 2000;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2001
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Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 2001, para. 6
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- [Recalling and reaffirming our previous commitments on HIV/AIDS made through:] The political declaration and further action and initiatives to implement the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, of 10 June 2000;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2001
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Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 2001, para. 6
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- [Recalling and reaffirming our previous commitments on HIV/AIDS made through:] The European Union Programme for Action: Accelerated action on HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in the context of poverty reduction, of 14 May 2001;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2001
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Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 2001, para. 6
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- [Recalling and reaffirming our previous commitments on HIV/AIDS made through:] Key actions for the further implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, of 2 July 1999;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2001
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Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 2001, para. 6
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- [Recalling and reaffirming our previous commitments on HIV/AIDS made through:] The political declaration and further actions and initiatives to implement the commitments made at the World Summit for Social Development, of 1 July 2000;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2001
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Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 2001, para. 6
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- [Recalling and reaffirming our previous commitments on HIV/AIDS made through:] The Abuja Declaration and Framework for Action for the fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and other related infectious diseases in Africa, of 27 April 2001;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2001
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Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 2001, para. 7
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- Convinced of the need to have an urgent, coordinated and sustained response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, which will build on the experience and lessons learned over the past 20 years;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2001
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Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 2001, para. 8
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- Noting with grave concern that Africa, in particular sub-Saharan Africa, is currently the worst-affected region, where HIV/AIDS is considered a state of emergency which threatens development, social cohesion, political stability, food security and life expectancy and imposes a devastating economic burden, and that the dramatic situation on the continent needs urgent and exceptional national, regional and international action;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2001
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Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 2001, para. 9
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- Welcoming the commitments of African heads of State or Government at the Abuja special summit in April 2001, particularly their pledge to set a target of allocating at least 15 per cent of their annual national budgets for the improvement of the health sector to help to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic; and recognizing that action to reach this target, by those countries whose resources are limited, will need to be complemented by increased international assistance;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2001
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Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 2001, para. 10
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- Recognizing also that other regions are seriously affected and confront similar threats, particularly the Caribbean region, with the second-highest rate of HIV infection after sub-Saharan Africa, the Asia-Pacific region where 7.5 million people are already living with HIV/AIDS, the Latin American region with 1.5 million people living with HIV/AIDS and the Central and Eastern European region with very rapidly rising infection rates, and that the potential exists for a rapid escalation of the epidemic and its impact throughout the world if no specific measures are taken;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2001
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Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 2001, para. 11
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- Recognizing that poverty, underdevelopment and illiteracy are among the principal contributing factors to the spread of HIV/AIDS, and noting with grave concern that HIV/AIDS is compounding poverty and is now reversing or impeding development in many countries and should therefore be addressed in an integrated manner;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2001
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Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 2001, para. 12
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- Noting that armed conflicts and natural disasters also exacerbate the spread of the epidemic;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2001
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Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 2001, para. 18
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- Recognizing the need to achieve the prevention goals set out in the present Declaration in order to stop the spread of the epidemic, and acknowledging that all countries must continue to emphasize widespread and effective prevention, including awareness-raising campaigns through education, nutrition, information and health-care services;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2001
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Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 2001, para. 20
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- Emphasizing the important role of cultural, family, ethical and religious factors in the prevention of the epidemic and in treatment, care and support, taking into account the particularities of each country as well as the importance of respecting all human rights and fundamental freedoms;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2001
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Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 2001, para. 21
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- Noting with concern that some negative economic, social, cultural, political, financial and legal factors are hampering awareness, education, prevention, care, treatment and support efforts;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2001
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Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 2001, para. 22
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- Noting the importance of establishing and strengthening human resources and national health and social infrastructures as imperatives for the effective delivery of prevention, treatment, care and support services;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2001
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Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 2001, para. 24
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- Recognizing also that the cost, availability and affordability of drugs and related technology are significant factors to be reviewed and addressed in all aspects and that there is a need to reduce the cost of these drugs and technologies in close collaboration with the private sector and pharmaceutical companies;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2001
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Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 2001, para. 26
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- Welcoming the efforts of countries to promote innovation and the development of domestic industries consistent with international law in order to increase access to medicines to protect the health of their populations, and noting that the impact of international trade agreements on access to or local manufacturing of essential drugs and on the development of new drugs needs to be evaluated further;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2001
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Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 2001, para. 27
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- Welcoming the progress made in some countries to contain the epidemic, particularly through: strong political commitment and leadership at the highest levels, including community leadership; effective use of available resources and traditional medicines; successful prevention, care, support and treatment strategies; education and information initiatives; working in partnership with communities, civil society, people living with HIV/AIDS and vulnerable groups; and the active promotion and protection of human rights; and recognizing the importance of sharing and building on our collective and diverse experiences, through regional and international cooperation including North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2001
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Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 2001, para. 28
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- Acknowledging that resources devoted to combating the epidemic both at the national and international levels are not commensurate with the magnitude of the problem;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2001
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Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 2001, para. 29
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- Recognizing the fundamental importance of strengthening national, regional and subregional capacities to address and effectively combat HIV/AIDS and that this will require increased and sustained human, financial and technical resources through strengthened national action and cooperation and increased regional, subregional and international cooperation;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2001
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Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 2001, para. 30
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- Recognizing that external debt and debt-servicing problems have substantially constrained the capacity of many developing countries, as well as countries with economies in transition, to finance the fight against HIV/AIDS;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2001
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