A/HRC/12/50 adequate food, the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health and the right to education; 12. Requests mandate holders of relevant thematic special procedures of the Council to cooperate with the independent expert with a view to gather and update reliable information on the human rights situation in Somalia; 13. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the independent expert with all the human, technical and financial assistance necessary to carry out his mandate; 14. Decides to remain seized of the matter. 32nd meeting 2 October 2009 [Adopted without a vote. See part II, chap. X.] 12/27. The protection of human rights in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) The Human Rights Council, Recalling Commission on Human Rights resolutions 1997/33 of 11 April 1997, 1999/49 of 27 April 1999, 2001/51 of 24 April 2001, 2003/29 of 22 April 2003, 2003/47 of 23 April 2003, 2004/26 of 16 April 2004, 2005/23 of 15 April 2005 and 2005/84 of 21 April 2005, the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS, adopted by the General Assembly on 2 June 2006, and the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, adopted by the Assembly at its special session on HIV/AIDS on 27 June 2001, which affirm that the realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all is essential to reduce vulnerability to HIV and the impact of AIDS, as is the involvement of people living with HIV, Recalling also the Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights (hereinafter referred to as “the Guidelines”), referred to in the above-mentioned resolutions and annexed to Commission on Human Rights resolution 1997/33, which provide guidance to ensuring the respect, protection and fulfilment of human rights in the context of HIV, Recalling further Commission on Human Rights resolutions 2003/29, 2004/26 and 2005/23 and Council decision 2/107 of 27 November 2006, and their acknowledgement that prevention and comprehensive care and support, including treatment and access to medication without discrimination, for those infected and affected by pandemics such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria are inseparable elements of an effective response and must be integrated into a comprehensive approach to respond to such pandemics, Recalling Commission on Human Rights resolutions 2002/31 of 22 April 2002, 2003/28 of 22 April 2003, 2004/27 of 16 April 2004 and 2005/24 of 15 April 2005, in which the Commission reaffirmed the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, and also recalling Council resolution 6/29 of 14 December 2007, in which the Council extended the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Taking note with interest of the reports by the United Nations special procedures that have devoted specific attention, in the context of their mandates, to the critical intersection between the protection of human rights and an effective response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Noting with grave concern the fact that, according to estimates by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World Health Organization, at the end of 2007, 33 million people were living with HIV, including 2.7 million people newly infected 54