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The Baltic Sea Declaration on HIV/AIDS Prevention, of 4 May 2000;. . The Central Asian Declaration on HIV/AIDS, of 18 May 2001; …

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United Nations A/RES/S-26/2
General Assembly Distr.: General
2 August 2001
Twenty-sixth special session
Agenda item 8
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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/S-26/L.2)]
S-26/2. Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS
The General Assembly
Adopts the Declaration of Commitment on the human immunodeficiency
virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) annexed to the present
resolution.
8th plenary meeting
27 June 2001
Annex
Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS
“Global Crisis - Global Action”
1. We, heads of State and Government and representatives of States and
Governments, assembled at the United Nations, from 25 to 27 June 2001, for the
twenty-sixth special session of the General Assembly, convened in accordance with
resolution 55/13 of 3 November 2000, as a matter of urgency, to review and address
the problem of HIV/AIDS in all its aspects, as well as to secure a global
commitment to enhancing coordination and intensification of national, regional and
international efforts to combat it in a comprehensive manner;
2. Deeply concerned that the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, through its devastating
scale and impact, constitutes a…