The girl child
A/RES/70/138
girls with disabilities, and child heads of households, with a view to achieving
Sustainable Development Goal 3, in particular the target of ending the AIDS
epidemic by 2030;
33. Invites States to promote initiatives aimed at reducing the prices of
antiretroviral drugs, especially second-line drugs, available to the girl child,
including bilateral and private sector initiatives as well as initiatives on a voluntary
basis taken by groups of States, including those based on innovative financing
mechanisms that contribute to the mobilization of resources for social development,
including those that aim to provide further access to drugs at affordable prices to
developing countries on a sustainable and predictable basis, and in this regard takes
note of the International Drug Purchase Facility, UNITAID;
34. Calls upon all States to integrate food and nutritional support with the
goal that children, especially girl children, have access at all times to sufficie nt, safe
and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food requirements for an active
and healthy life;
35. Calls upon States to ensure that social protection programmes, including
HIV-sensitive programmes, are provided to orphans and other vulnerable children,
with particular attention to addressing the needs and vulnerabilities of girl children,
ensuring school attendance and protecting their rights;
36. Urges States and the international community to increase resources at all
levels, particularly in the education and health sectors, so as to enable young people,
especially girls, to gain the knowledge, attitudes and life skills that they need to
fulfil their social, economic and other potential and overcome their challenges,
including the prevention of HIV infection and early pregnancy, and to enjoy the
highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, including sexual and
reproductive health;
37. Urges States, the international community, relevant United Nations
entities, civil society and international financial institutions to continue to actively
support, through the allocation of financial resources and technical assistance,
efforts to address the situation of child-headed households;
38. Strongly calls upon States and the international community to create an
environment in which the well-being of the girl child is ensured, inter alia, by
cooperating, supporting and participating in global efforts towards the full and
timely realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 6 and the Addis
Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for
Development 7 and of all other relevant internationally agreed development goals, in
particular for the eradication of poverty at the global, regional and country levels,
recognizing that strengthened availability and effective allocation of resources are
required at all levels in this regard, and reaffirming that investment in children,
particularly girls, and the realization of their rights are among the most effective
ways to eradicate poverty;
39. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General
Assembly at its seventy-second session on the implementation of the present
resolution, including a status analysis on improvements in the social, economic and
political investments made by Member States towards fulfilling the right to
education for the girl child, using information provided by Member States, the
organizations and bodies of the United Nations system and non-governmental
organizations, with a view to assessing the impact of the p resent resolution on the
well-being of the girl child;
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