Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast Track to Accelerating the Fight against HIV and to Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 2030 A/RES/70/266 play in mobilizing funding for country and regional AIDS responses , including for civil society, and in improving the predictability of financing over the long term, including bilateral investments, including from the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, and welcome the support of donors, while noting that it falls short of the amounts needed to further accelerate progress towards front loading investments to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030; 23. Commend the work of the international innovative health tools and drug purchase facility, UNITAID, based on innovative sources of financing and focusing on accessibility, quality and price reductions of antiretroviral drugs , and welcome the broadening of the scope of work of the Medicines Patent Pool, hosted by UNITAID, to promote voluntary partnerships to address hepatitis C and tuberculosis, reflecting the importance of integrating the AIDS response into th e broader global health agenda; 24. Take note of the Secretary-General’s new Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016–2030), which continues to galvanize global efforts to significantly reduce the number of maternal, adolescent, newborn and under-5 child deaths, as a matter of urgent concern; 25. Note with appreciation the efforts of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in supporting national parliaments to unlock political and legislative obs tacles to ensure an enabling legal environment supportive of effective national responses to HIV and AIDS; 26. Take note of the report of the Secretary-General entitled “On the fast track to ending the AIDS epidemic” 24 and of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS 2016–2021 Strategy, including its goals and targets, as well as the World Health Organization Global Health Sector Strategy on HIV, 2016–2021; 27. Take note with appreciation of the HIV-relevant strategies of the Co-sponsors of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and commend the secretariat and the Co-sponsors for their contribution on AIDS policy, strategic information and coordination and for the support they provide to countries through the Joint Programme; 28. Note the recommendations made by the Global Commission on HIV and the Law, co-convened by the United Nations Development Programme and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, and the Joint Programme-Lancet Commission “Defeating AIDS – Advancing Global Health” in advancing progress towards ending the AIDS epidemic; 29. Recognize the role that community organizations play, including those led and run by people living with HIV, in supporting and sustaining national and local HIV and AIDS responses, reaching all people living with HIV, delivering prevention, treatment, care and support services and strengthening health systems, in particular the primary health-care approach; 30. Welcome the leadership and commitment shown in every aspect of the HIV and AIDS response by Governments, relevant United Nations agencies and regional and subregional organizations, as well as people living with, at risk of and affected by HIV, political and community leaders, parliamentarians, communities, families, faith-based organizations, scientists, health professionals, donors, the phila nthropic _______________ 24 6/26 A/70/811 and Corr.1.