E/2006/27 E/CN.6/2006/15 Ghana, Mexico and Uruguay joined in sponsoring the draft resolution, which read as follows: “The Commission on the Status of Women, “Reaffirming the relevant strategic objectives and actions set out in the Beijing Platform for Action1 and the outcome documents of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly,2 the goals and targets set forth in the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS,3 adopted by the General Assembly at its twenty-sixth special session, in 2001, and the HIV/AIDS-related goals contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration of 2000,4 in particular the aim of Member States to have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS, “Recalling the commitment from the 2005 World Summit of developing and implementing a package for HIV prevention, treatment and care with the aim of coming as close as possible to the goal of universal access to treatment by 2010, “Acknowledging that prevention, care, support and treatment for those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS are mutually reinforcing elements of an effective response that must be integrated into a comprehensive approach to combat the epidemic, “Recognizing that populations destabilized by armed conflict, humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters, including refugees, internally displaced persons and, in particular, women and children, are at an increased risk of exposure to HIV infection, “Deeply concerned that the global HIV/AIDS pandemic disproportionately affects women and girls and that the majority of new HIV infections occur among young people, “Concerned that women’s unequal legal, economic and social status, as well as violence against women and girls and other cultural and physiological factors, increases their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS, “Also concerned that women and girls have different and unequal access to and use of health resources for the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS, “1. Stresses with deep concern that the HIV/AIDS emergency, with its devastating scale and impact on women and girls, requires urgent actions in all fields and at all levels; “2. Stresses that gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls are fundamental elements in the reduction of their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS and are essential for reversing the pandemic; “3. Expresses its concern that the HIV/AIDS pandemic reinforces gender inequalities, that women and girls bear a disproportionate share of the __________________ 1 2 3 4 42 Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4-15 September 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II. Resolution S-23/2, annex, and resolution S-23/3, annex. General Assembly resolution S-26/2, annex. General Assembly resolution 55/2.