E/2007/27
E/CN.6/2007/9
D.
6.
Provisional agenda for the fifty-third session of the Commission.
7.
Adoption of the report of the Commission on its fifty-second session.
Matters brought to the attention of the Council
4.
The following resolutions and decision adopted by the Commission are
brought to the attention of the Council:
Resolution 51/1
Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS
The Commission on the Status of Women,
Reaffirming the Beijing Declaration 13 and Platform for Action,3 the outcome
documents of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly,4 the
Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and
Development, 14 the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 15 adopted by the
General Assembly at its twenty-sixth special session in 2001, the HIV/AIDS-related
goals contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration of 2000 16 and the
Millennium Development Goals, in particular the aim of Member States to have
halted, by 2015, and begun to reverse, the spread of HIV/AIDS, as well as the
commitments on HIV/AIDS from the 2005 World Summit,
Welcoming the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS, adopted by the General
Assembly on 2 June 2006, 17
Recalling all previous resolutions on this subject,
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,
Taking note of the Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights, as adopted by
the Second International Consultation on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights, 18
Recognizing the need to ensure the respect, protection and fulfilment of human
rights in the context of HIV/AIDS,
Recognizing also 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,
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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, annex 1.
Report of the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, 5-13 September
1994 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XIII.18), chap. I, resolution 1, annex.
General Assembly resolution S-26/2, annex.
General Assembly resolution 55/2.
General Assembly resolution 60/262, annex.
E/CN.4/1997/37, annex I.
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