A/RES/70/266
Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast Track to Accelerating
the Fight against HIV and to Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 2030
co-location of HIV and tuberculosis services, ensuring that national protocols for
HIV/tuberculosis co-infection are updated within two years to reflect the latest
World Health Organization recommendations;
60 (h). Commit to reducing the high rates of HIV and hepatitis B and C co-infection
and ensuring that, by 2020, efforts are made to reduce by 30 per cent new cases of
chronic viral hepatitis B and C infections and to have 5 million people receiving
hepatitis B treatment and to have treated 3 million people with chronic hepatitis C
infection, also taking into account the linkages to and lessons learned from the AIDS
response, such as the promotion and protection of human rights, the reduction of
stigma and discrimination, community engagement, stronger integration of HIV and
hepatitis B and C service delivery, and efforts towards guaranteeing access to
affordable medicines and effective prevention interventions , particularly for
vulnerable populations and populations that epidemiological evidence shows a re at
higher risk of infection;
60 (i). Commit to measures to ensure access to safe, affordable and efficacious
medicines, including generic medicines, diagnostics and related health technologies,
utilizing all available tools to reduce the price of life -saving drugs and diagnostics,
and note the establishment of the High-level Panel on Access to Medicines
convened by the Secretary General;
60 (j). Recognize the critical importance of affordable medicines, including
generics, in scaling up access to affordable HIV treatment, and furth er recognize
that protection and enforcement measures for intellectual property rights should be
compliant with the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade -Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) and should be interpreted and
implemented in a manner supportive of the right of Member States to protect public
health and, in particular, to promote access to medicines for all, and welcome the
adoption by the TRIPS Council on 6 November 2015 of the decision on the
extension of the transition period under article 66, paragraph 1, of the TRIPS
Agreement for least-developed country members for certain obligations with respect
to pharmaceutical products;
60 (k). Note with concern that regulations, policies and practices, including those
that limit legitimate trade in generic medicines, may seriously limit access to
affordable HIV treatment and other pharmaceutical products in low - and middleincome countries, and recognize that improvements can be made, inter alia through
national legislation, regulatory policy and supply chain management, noting that
reductions in barriers to affordable products could be explored in order to expand
access to safe, effective, affordable and good quality HIV prevention products,
diagnostics, medicine, vaccines and treatment commodities for HIV, including for
opportunistic infections and co-infections;
60 (l). Commit to urgently removing, where feasible, obstacles that limit the
capacity of low- and middle-income countries to provide affordable and effective
HIV prevention and treatment products, diagnostics, medicines and commodities
and other pharmaceutical products, as well as treatment for opportunistic infections,
co-morbidities and co-infections, and to reducing costs associated with lifelong
chronic care, including by amending national laws and regulations, as deemed
appropriate by respective Governments, so as to optimize:
(i) The use, to the full, of existing flexibilities under the Agreement on
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights specifically geared to
promoting access to and trade in medicines, and, while recognizing the
importance of the intellectual property rights regime in contributing to a
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