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
63 (e). Commit to national AIDS strategies that empower people living with, at risk
of and affected by HIV to know their rights and to access justice and legal services
to prevent and challenge violations of human rights, including strategies and
programmes aimed at sensitizing law enforcement officials and members of the
legislature and judiciary, training health-care workers in non-discrimination,
confidentiality and informed consent, and supporting national human rights learning
campaigns, as well as monitoring the impact of the legal environment on HIV
prevention, treatment, care and support;
63 (f). Commit to promoting laws and policies that ensure the enjoyment of all
human rights and fundamental freedoms for children, adolescents and young people,
particularly those living with, at risk of and affected by HIV, so as to eliminate the
stigma and discrimination that they face;
63 (g). Encourage Member States to address the vulnerabilities to HIV and th e
specific health-care needs experienced by migrant and mobile populations, as well
as refugees and crisis-affected populations, and to take steps to reduce stigma,
discrimination and violence, as well as to review policies related to restrictions of
entry based on HIV status with a view to eliminating such restrictions and the return
of people on the basis of their HIV status, and to support their access to HIV
prevention, treatment, care and support;
Engaging and supporting people living with, at risk of and affected by HIV as
well as other relevant stakeholders in the AIDS response
64 (a). Call for increased and sustained investment in the advocacy and leadership
role, involvement and empowerment of people living with, at risk of and affected by
HIV, women, children, bearing in mind the roles and responsibilities of parents,
young people, especially young women and girls, local leaders, community -based
organizations, indigenous communities and civil society more generally , as part of a
broader effort to ensure that at least 6 per cent of all global AIDS resources are
allocated for social enablers, including advocacy, community and political
mobilization, community monitoring, public communication and outreach
programmes to increase access to rapid tests and diagnosis, as well as human rights
programmes such as law and policy reform and stigma and discrimination reduction;
64 (b). Commit to encouraging and supporting the active involvement and
leadership of young people, particularly women, including those living with HIV, in
the fight against the epidemic at the local, national, subregional, regional and global
levels, and agree to support these new leaders to help to develop specific measures
to engage young people about HIV, including in communities, families, schools,
tertiary institutions, recreation centres and workplaces;
64 (c). Support and encourage enhanced strategic engagement with the private
sector to support countries with investments as well as, inter alia, servi ce delivery,
strengthening supply chains, workplace initiatives and social marketing of health
commodities, and in support of behavioural change, to fast-track the response;
64 (d). Strongly urge increased investments in comprehensive research and
development to enable access to improved and affordable point-of-care diagnostics,
prevention commodities, including preventive and therapeutic vaccines and female initiated prevention commodities, more tolerable, efficacious and affordable health
technologies and products, including simpler and more effective drug formulations
for children, adolescents and adults, second - and third-line therapy, new drugs and
diagnostics for tuberculosis, viral load monitoring tools, microbicides and a
functional cure, while seeking to ensure that sustainable systems for vaccine
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