E/2005/27 E/CN.6/2005/11 Cuba, Nigeria (also on behalf of the African Union), and by the observers for Uruguay, Luxembourg (on behalf of the European Union),1 Panama, Mexico,1 Costa Rica,1 Norway, Iraq, Afghanistan, Fiji, Malta,1 New Zealand (on behalf of Australia, Canada and New Zealand),1 Nicaragua,1 Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Equatorial Guinea and Paraguay (on behalf of MERCOSUR and its associated countries), as well as by the observer for the Holy See.1 Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS 78. At the 13th meeting, on 8 March, the observer for Mauritius,2 on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the Southern African Development Community, introduced a draft resolution entitled “Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS” (E/CN.6/2005/L.2), which read as follows: “The Commission on the Status of Women, “Recalling the goals and targets set forth in the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS adopted by the General Assembly at its twentysixth special session in 2001, and the HIV/AIDS-related goals contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration of 2000, in particular the aim of Member States to have halted, by 2015, and begun to reverse, the spread of HIV/AIDS, “Recalling also its resolutions 46/2 of 15 March 2002, 47/1 of 10 March 2003 and 48/2 of 9 March 2004 on women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS, “Recalling further the Declaration and Plan of Action contained in the final document of the special session of the General Assembly on children, entitled ‘A world fit for children’, and recognizing that their implementation is a major contribution to protecting the rights and promoting the well-being of children, “Recalling General Assembly resolution 58/236 of 23 December 2003, entitled ‘Follow-up to the outcome of the twenty-sixth special session: implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS’, “Recalling also Commission on Human Rights resolution 203/29 of 29 April 2003, entitled, ‘Access to medication in the context of pandemics such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria’, “Welcoming the launch, in February 2004, of the Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS and its partners of the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, which seeks to raise awareness of the effects of HIV/AIDS on women and girls and to stimulate and increase action in the fight against HIV/AIDS, “Also welcoming the high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS, scheduled to take place on 2 June 2005, to review the progress achieved in realizing the commitments set out in the Declaration of Commitments on HIV/AIDS, “Acknowledging that prevention, care, support and treatment for those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS are mutually reinforcing elements of an effective response and must be integrated in a comprehensive approach to combat the epidemic, __________________ 2 In accordance with rule 69 of the rules of procedure of the functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council. 41