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The document contains the commitments that were part of the Special Session on Children: the Millennium Development Goals, early pledged to by all 189 United Nations Member States; the Children's statement, 'A World Fit for Us', delivered at the opening plenary of the Special Session by two young delegates; the consensus outcome documents of the General Assembly, 'A World Fit for Children', with goals and targets to be met; and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, ratified, acceded to a signed by 192 countries in the 12 years since it was first ratified, and the two Optional Protocols t …
The paper presents the consensus statement of the African Regional Consultation on Adolescent-Friendly Health Services (AFHS) facilitated by WHO, and UNICEF which was held in Harare, Zimbabwe from 17 to 21 October 2000. The statement includes issues such as basic adolescent health needs, health-seeking behaviour, adolescent-friendly health services (AFHS), sustainability, resources, approaches to AFHS, and research areas.
The present report provides an update on progress in the global AIDS response since the 2001 special session, identifies critical challenges that must be addressed and makes urgent recommendations to strengthen efforts at the global, regional and country levels.The report is based on data supplied by countries on the complete set of core indicators developed by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) to monitor implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS. Nearly 120 country progress reports have been submitted that update the data provided by countries in 2003. …
This document is a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on HIV/AIDS held in June 2001 in New York City. It outlines the actions to be taken to slow the HIV epidemic and prevent the global catastrophe that is unfolding.The meeting came about as the United Nations and the world began to understand the implications of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and realized that only by combining efforts could this be stopped.Atthe end of 2000, there were more than 36 million people living with HIV/AIDS, and over 90 % were from developping countries. …
The Maseru declaration on the fight against HIV/AIDS in the SADC region
Education Ministers and representatives from forty-eight Commonwealth countries met in Edinburgh from 27-30 October 2003 for the 15th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (15CCEM). One of the six action areas discussed was mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDS in Education. This action plan includes their recommendations.
African Heads of State and Government are confronted with the challenge of developing feasible policies, strategies and processes to ensure adequate prevention and control of HIV/AIDS, tubercolosis and other related infectious diseases. This framework for action articulates the commitments made in the Abuja declaration on HIV/AIDS, tubercolosis and other related infectious diseases into strategies followed by subsequent activities. Member States will implement the activities in close collaboration with all stakeholders.
Convention on the rights of the child: HIV/AIDS and the rights of the child
This is the year that the world will miss the first, and most critical of all the Millennium Development Goals - gender parity in education by 2005. Over the next decade, unless world leaders take drastic action now, unacceptably slow progress on girls' education will account for over 10 million unnecessary child and maternal deaths, will cost poor countries as much as 3 percentage points in lost economic growth, and lead to at least 3.5 million avoidable cases of HIV/AIDS. …
For several months in 2003, the Secretary General's Task Force on Women, Girls and HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa engaged in intensive on-the-ground consultations in the nine countries in the sub-region with the highest HIV prevalence rates - Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. …
El VIH/SIDA y la Educación en América Latina: DECLARACIÓN DE CONSENSO
The intent of the document is to provide a fundamental outline of the major issues relating to HIV and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the school environment, including educational efforts and policy principles.
The scope of this protocol encompasses the legal definition of discrimination as well as the identification and elimination of arbitrary discrimination -as defined by a range of important international instruments. Designed to assist National AIDS Programmes and others in detecting arbitrary discrimination, the protocol also serves as an effective human rights tool and a means of enforcing measures against such discrimination. Sources of arbitrary discrimination, and the criteria for assessing their existence, are outlined together with a detailed inductive methodology. The protocol also includes questionnaires for the assessment of arbitrary discrimination and for direct witness/key informant interviews, as well as checklists and orientation programmes for investigators.
The Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS is the culmination of a yearlong process of awareness, engagement and mobilization. It has been adopted by the Special Session of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS of the United Nations Organization. …
Adolescent health has been a matter of concern over the past ten years in both developed and developing countries. Issues of health linked to reproduction are important to young people as they prepare to assume their roles as adults. A WHO/UNFPA/UNICEF Declaration highlights the special needs of adolescents in the area of reproductive health and proposes some strategies with a view to promoting positive health-related behaviors among the youth.
