A/HRC/4/110 page 11 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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