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Recognizing the need for States, in cooperation with international organizations and civil
society, including non-governmental organizations and the private sector, to create favourable
conditions at the national, regional and international levels to ensure the full and effective
enjoyment of the right of everyone to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental
health,
Concerned about the interrelations between poverty and the realization of the right of
everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, in
particular that ill-health can be both a cause and a consequence of poverty,
Recalling the commitments made by the international community to fully implement the
health-related Millennium Development Goals,
Stressing that gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls are fundamental
elements in the reduction of their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS and that the advancement of
women and girls is a key factor in reversing the pandemic, and noting the importance of
increasing investments in and accelerating research on the development of effective
HIV-prevention methods, including female-controlled methods and microbicides,
Recalling the creation, under the aegis of the International Action against Hunger and
Poverty of the international drug purchase facility UNITAID, which facilitates access to drugs
for the world’s poorest people as part of the fight against the major pandemic diseases, such as
HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis,
Recognizing the complementary and mutually reinforcing relationship between health and
human rights, as well as the indispensable contribution of health professionals to the realization
of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and
mental health,
Recalling its resolutions 5/1 on institution-building of the United Nations Human Rights
Council and 5/2 on the Code of Conduct for Special Procedures Mandate-holders of the
Human Rights Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the mandate-holder shall discharge
his or her duties in accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto,
1.
Decides to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to
the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health for a further
period of three years as reflected in article 25, paragraph 1, of the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, article 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
article 24 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and article 12 of the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, as well as on the right to
non-discrimination as reflected in article 5 (e) (iv) of the International Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Pursuant to resolutions 2002/31 and 2004/27
of the Commission on Human Rights, the mandate of the Special Rapporteur shall include the
following tasks:
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