E/2010/27 E/CN.6/2010/11 1990 and 2015 the maternal mortality ratio and to achieve by 2015 universal access to reproductive health, Millennium Development Goal 4 on reducing child mortality, Millennium Development Goal 3 on promoting gender equality and empowerment of women, and Millennium Development Goal 6 on combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases, and noting with concern that Millennium Development Goal 5, based on current data, is the least likely of all of the Millennium Development Goals to be achieved, Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 52 and the obligations of States parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 53 the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 54 the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 55 the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 56 the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 57 the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights57 and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, 58 Recalling also the ministerial declaration of the 2009 high-level segment of the Economic and Social Council, entitled “Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to global public health”, 59 Recalling further Human Rights Council resolution 11/8 of 17 June 2009 60 on preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights, and Commission on Population and Development resolution 2009/1 of 3 April 2009 61 on the contribution of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development to the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, Taking note of the various regional and international initiatives relating to the reduction of maternal mortality involving representatives of Governments, civil society and the private sector, including the “Addis Call to Urgent Action for Maternal Health”, 62 adopted at the High-level Meeting for Maternal Health, held at Addis Ababa on 26 October 2009, during which participants agreed to the Addis Ababa Statement of Commitment, adopted by the International Parliamentarians’ Conference on the Implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development on 28 October 2009, as well as the Madang Commitment, 63 adopted at the Eighth Meeting of Ministers of Health for the Pacific Island Countries in July 2009 and the Pacific Policy Framework for __________________ 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 26 See General Assembly resolution 217 A (III). United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1249, No. 20378. United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531. General Assembly resolution 61/106, annex I. United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 660, No. 9464. General Assembly resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2220, No. 39481. See A/64/3, chap. III, sect. E. See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/64/53), chap. III, sect. A. See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2009, Supplement No. 5 (E/2009/25), chap. I, sect. B. See A/64/725, annex. Available from http://www.wpro.who.int/internet/resources.ashx/PIC/2009/ madang_commitment_2009.pdf. 10-30576