A/HRC/30/33 2. Combating discrimination with respect to persons living with HIV 57. The overall level of tolerance towards persons living with HIV was estimated to be 6.4 per cent in 2007. 13 The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and UNFPA provided technical assistance towards the adoption of Act No. 0 8/011 of 14 July 2008 relating to the protection of the rights of persons living with HIV/AIDS and affected persons. They supported the national multisector programme to combat AIDS and the updating of the national strategic plan to combat HIV. The Governm ent created units to combat HIV, centralizing the efforts of all its departments. Despite those legal and institutional developments, the overall level of tolerance towards persons living with HIV is 4.2 per cent (demographic and health survey 2014). This slight decline in tolerance can be explained by the absence of measures accompanying the law to protect persons living with HIV, the impunity of persons committing acts of stigmatization and discrimination and the frequency of such acts. 14 3. Human rights with respect to natural resources 58. One of the principal objectives of the Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper 2011-2015 is to strengthen the legal and regulatory framework in the mining sector. Communities bordering extractive resource operations areas do not enjoy some economic and social rights (the rights to health and education, access to safe drinking water and fair and equitable compensation) as a result of their limited capacities to form committees to defend their rights in the face of insufficient Government action to protect them. 59. Between 2012 and 2014, UNJHRO, the Carter Center, Cordaid and OSISA provided technical assistance to more than 3,000 members of civil society and local communities to ensure that they were able to contribute to the revision of the Mining Code. Thus, civil society formulated recommendations which were sent to the Government to ensure that the needs of local communities were taken into account in areas in which natural resources are extracted. The recommend ations highlighted the lack of consultation with local communities regarding their development and the enjoyment of their economic and social rights. The new code has yet to be adopted. 60. The Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper 2011-2015 also targets improved management of the mining sector towards sustainable development of the social environment. From 2012 to 2014, Cordaid supported the local communities of Kolwezi and Fungurume (Katanga Province) in drawing up their l ocal development plans for 2016-2020 and 2015-2019, respectively. The plans aim to establish a constructive dialogue between the communities, the companies Kamoa Copper SA and Temke Fungurume Mining and the local authorities to ensure that development priorities are taken into account and to protect the economic and social rights of the communities. 61. Raising the awareness of national stakeholders, local communities and business enterprises concerning the principles and norms of human rights in the context of the exploitation of natural resources, in particular the John Ruggie principles, 15 should be emphasized. The international community should make economic and social rights a priority for intervention, including by providing the necessary assistance in this area to all parties concerned. In addition, it should continue to support the Government in order to combat the armed groups that are responsible for the illegal exploitation of resources and the extreme insecurity that has engulfed the population. __________________ 13 14 15 16/19 Demographic and health survey (2007), p. 130. National strategic plan to fight AIDS: 2014-2017, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2014. The principles of John Ruggie, Special Representative of the Secretary -General on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, were approved by the Human Ri ghts Council in resolution A/HRC/RES/17/4 of 16 June 2011. GE.15-14279