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
65 (b). Work towards reducing the number of new infections in children and young
adolescents (under the age of 15) by 95 per cent in Asia and the Pacific to 1,900, in
Eastern Europe and Central Asia to fewer than 100, in Eastern and Southern Africa
to 9,400, in Latin America and the Caribbean to fewer than 500, in the Middle East
and North Africa to fewer than 200, in Western and Central Africa to 6,000, and in
Western and Central Europe and North America to fewer than 200 among children;
65 (c). Work towards increasing to at least 81 per cent the number of young people
and adults (aged 15 and older) on treatment in 2020, in Asia and the Pacific to
4.1 million, in Eastern Europe and Central Asia to 1.4 million, in Eastern and
Southern Africa to 14.1 million, in Latin America and the Caribbean to 1.6 million,
in the Middle East and North Africa to 210,000, in Western and Central Africa to
4.5 million, and in Western and Central Europe and North America to 2 million,
ensuring equal access to treatment for women and men;
65 (d). Work towards ensuring that at least 81 per cent of the number of children
and young adolescents (under the age of 15) are on treatment in 2020, in Asia and the
Pacific reaching 95,000, in Eastern and Southern Africa reaching 690,000, in the
Middle East and North Africa reaching 8,000, in Western and Central Africa reaching
340,000, in Eastern Europe and Central Asia reaching 7,600, in Latin America and
the Caribbean reaching 17,000, and in Western and Central Europe and North
America reaching 1,300, ensuring equal access to treatment for girls and boys;
66. Encourage and support the exchange among countries and regions of
information, research, evidence, best practices and experiences for implementing the
measures and commitments related to the global HIV and AIDS response, in
particular those contained in the present Declaration, as well as subregional,
regional and interregional cooperation and coordination, and leverage the unique
leadership of these political and economic institutions;
67. Continue to encourage the Economic and Social Council to request the
regional commissions, within their respective mandates and resources, to support
periodic, inclusive reviews of national efforts and progress made in their respective
regions to combat HIV and underline in this regard the valuable model provided by
the African Peer Review Mechanism of the African Union, and consider, as
appropriate, regular regional peer-based reviews of AIDS responses that facilitate
the engagement of health and non-health ministries and city and local leaders and
ensure the meaningful participation of civil society organizations, especially of
people living with HIV and women’s and youth groups, among others;
68. Taking into account the many challenges faced on the African continent, urge
continued support for the processes for the establishment of the Africa n Centres for
Disease Control and Prevention to support African countries in efforts to effect ively
prevent, detect and respond to emergencies and build the capacity needed to protect
communities across the continent;
69. Commit to strengthening regional, subregional, national and local capacity to
develop, manufacture and deliver quality-assured affordable medicines, such as
generics, diagnostics, reliable incidence measuring tools, biomedical prevention
commodities and other commodities, including through enabling legal, policy and
regulatory environments, encouraging the development of regional markets,
including through enhanced North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation,
and emphasizing the need to increase self-reliance of drug supplies in all regions,
including through increasing the local production and manufacturing capacities of
developing countries, pooled procurement, accurate forecasting and timely
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