A/HRC/41/27 mandate of WHO was to ensure people-centred health care for everyone, including marginalized and overlooked groups of people. He reported that people living with HIV continued to face discrimination, including within the health sector, which prevented them from having access to HIV health services. According to Dr. Ren, “put simply, discrimination kills”. WHO supported the Global Partnership and would lead in addressing discrimination in the health sector, since universal health coverage would not be achieved while people were still marginalized, criminalized, stigmatized or denied access to health services for any reason. The Sustainable Development Goals offered a platform on which to improve health outcomes and to transform the health systems on which billions of people depended. He also highlighted Human Rights Council resolution 38/8, in which the Council urged States to bring their laws, policies and practices, including HIV strategies and other health-related Sustainable Development Goals, fully into compliance with their obligations under international human rights law. WHO was currently coordinating the development of a global action plan for healthy lives and well-being for all, with human rights and the right to health at its heart, to promote collaboration and accelerate progress in health determinants. 7. During the general debate, representatives of the European Union, Brazil, Portugal, the Gambia, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, the International Network of People Who Use Drugs and Aidsfonds took the floor. All speakers pointed out that HIV was not only a health issue, but also a human rights issue, and highlighted the centrality of human rights in the response to HIV. 8. The representative of Brazil expressed its commitment to fighting stigma, discrimination and prejudice, and highlighted its focus on key populations. The representative of Portugal stressed that HIV would not be eliminated by 2030 if human rights were not the cornerstone of universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals. The representative of the Gambia called upon the international community to step up its advocacy, and invited pharmaceutical companies to support the response to HIV through corporate social responsibility. The European Union affirmed its commitment to the promotion of human rights in the response to HIV, including through its global investment on non-discriminatory HIV initiatives and programmes, and also through its continued support for the Global Fund. 9. The representative of the Global Fund explained that its commitment to human rights was one of its objectives in its strategy for the period 2017–2022. Over the past two years, the Global Fund had provided support to 20 countries, having dedicated a total of $77.3 million to addressing human rights-related barriers to HIV, tuberculosis and malaria, which represented a tenfold increase over the period 2014–2016. The representative of UNDP stressed that the response to HIV would not be effective or efficient without an environment that respected, promoted and fulfilled human rights for all, and recalled the recommendations made by the Global Commission on HIV and the Law. 10. The representative of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation called for prevention measures and for lowering new infections among adolescent girls by granting full access to testing and treatment services, reviewing laws on the age of consent that prevented access, and encouraging longer schooling for girls. The International Network of People Who Use Drugs called for decriminalizing sex work and drug use. Aidsfonds highlighted the strong linkages between health and human rights, and the essential role of local communities. III. Summary of the proceedings A. Ending AIDS by 2030: human rights in the response to HIV, challenges and opportunities 11. The panel comprised the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Dr. Dainius Pūras; Dr. Stefan Baral, physician epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 4