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Secretary-General for that purpose, and requests the Secretary-General to make
every effort to ensure mobilization of resources to the fund;
16. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure an effective and coordinated
system-wide response to preparations for the special session and to carry out,
particularly in the most affected countries, in cooperation with the Joint Programme,
a comprehensive public information programme to raise global HIV/AIDS
awareness while also building broad international support for the special session and
its goals;
17. Decides that the provisions contained in paragraphs 8, 12, 13 and 14
above will in no way create a precedent for other special sessions of the General
Assembly;
18. Requests the Secretary-General to bring the present resolution to the
attention of all Governments, the relevant specialized agencies and programmes of
the United Nations, international financial and trade institutions, other
intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations and other relevant
civil society actors, as well as the business sector, including pharmaceutical
companies;
19. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-sixth session the
item entitled “Review of the problem of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome in all its aspects”.
51st plenary meeting
3 November 2000
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