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28.
UNAIDS outlined a number of specific recommendations arising from the consultations,
which were identified as the major requirements for overcoming obstacles to moving towards
universal access, and recommended specific actions to help meet those requirements. Among
the recommendations was the following:
In order to protect and promote the AIDS-related human rights of people living with HIV,
women and children, and people in vulnerable groups, and ensure that they are centrally
involved in all aspects of the response:
(a)
National Governments and international donors should prioritize funding for
social mobilization campaigns in local languages, to protect and promote AIDS-related rights
and eliminate HIV-associated stigma and discrimination;
(b)
National Governments should, where needed, establish and enforce legislation
and policies to eliminate AIDS-associated stigma and discrimination against people living with
HIV, injecting drug users, sex workers, men who have sex with men, and other vulnerable
populations;
(c)
National Governments and international donors should increase funding for
networks and organizations of people living with HIV to provide HIV prevention and treatment
literacy campaigns in local languages, aimed at increasing awareness and improving the delivery
of HIV prevention and treatment;
(d)
Countries should promote, through global and national campaigns, the idea that
each person should know his or her HIV status and have access to AIDS information,
counselling and related services, in a social and legal environment that is supportive and safe for
confidential testing and voluntary disclosure of HIV status;
(e)
Countries should promote equitable access to AIDS interventions by reviewing
their health system policies to reduce or eliminate user fees for AIDS-related prevention,
treatment, care and support.
29.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
provided information on its various activities in the area of HIV/AIDS related to
resolution 2005/84. OHCHR drew attention to the printing and distribution in 2006 of a
consolidated version of the International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights. The
consolidated version, which includes revised Guideline 6 on prevention, treatment, care and
support, was launched on the tenth anniversary of the original drafting of the Guidelines and just
prior to the XVI International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2006). OHCHR continues to promote
respect for human rights in responding to the challenge of HIV and AIDS. It does this through
mainstreaming knowledge of HIV and related issues across the international human rights
mechanisms, including briefings provided to treaty bodies on countries presenting periodic
reports. Conversely, the Office works to mainstream knowledge of human rights through actors
working in the area of HIV and AIDS, particularly United Nations partners. A number of joint
activities are undertaken with UNAIDS, and increasingly, OHCHR supports member States and
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