E/2011/27 E/CN.6/2011/12 HIV/AIDS 20 and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS, 21 the HIV and AIDS-related goals contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration 22 and the Millennium Development Goals, in particular the resolve of Member States to have halted, by 2015, and begun to reverse, the spread of HIV, as well as the commitments on HIV and AIDS made at the 2005 World Summit and the High-level Plenary Meeting of the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals, 23 Welcoming the in-depth study of the Secretary-General on all forms of violence against women, 24 taking note of the recommendations contained therein, and welcoming also the initiative taken by the Secretary-General in 2008 to launch the multi-year campaign “UNiTE to End Violence Against Women”, Taking note of the outcome of the 2008 high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS, Recalling all previous resolutions on this subject, Reaffirming that prevention, treatment, care and support for people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS are mutually reinforcing elements of an effective response that must be integrated into a comprehensive approach to combat the epidemic, and recognizing the need to ensure the respect, protection and fulfilment of human rights in the context of HIV and AIDS, Recognizing that populations destabilized by armed conflict, humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters, including refugees, internally displaced persons and, in particular, women and children, are increasingly vulnerable to HIV infection, Deeply concerned by the increased vulnerability to HIV infection faced by women and girls living with disabilities resulting from, inter alia, legal and economic inequalities, sexual and gender-based violence, discrimination and violations of their rights, Deeply concerned also that the global HIV and AIDS pandemic disproportionately affects women and girls and that the majority of new HIV infections occur among young people, Concerned that the vulnerability of women and girls to HIV is increased by their unequal legal, economic and social status, including poverty as well as other cultural and physiological factors, violence against women and girls and adolescents, early marriage, child and forced marriage, premature and early sexual relations, commercial sexual exploitation and female genital mutilation, Concerned also that HIV infection rates are at least twice as high among young people, especially young and married women, who do not finish primary school as among those who do, __________________ 20 21 22 23 24 11-28654 General Assembly resolution S-26/2, annex. General Assembly resolution 60/262, annex. See General Assembly resolution 55/2. See General Assembly resolution 65/1. A/61/122 and Add.1 and Add.1/Corr.1. 19