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2004 Plan of Action (MS Word format)
2004 Student Conference on Human Rights Web site
We, the participants at the 7 th annual UN Student Conference on Human Rights, representing the youth of the world,
Conscious of the undeniable connection between Human Rights violations and the proliferation of HIV/AIDS,
Directed by the Declaration of the Commitment to HIV/AIDS, Millennium Development Goals, and the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women,
Recognizing that AIDS is caused and perpetuated by a cycle of poverty and lack of education,
Deeply disturbed that the global population is plagued by a ravaging pandemic of HIV/AIDS afflicting 46 million people worldwide,
Alarmed by the fact that 2000 children are infected with HIV/AIDS every day, and that by 2010, more than 25 million children will be orphaned due to this disease,
Guided by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in condemning all forms of discrimination,
Aware that fear of discrimination and lack of confidentiality discourages HIV/AIDS infected individuals from seeking testing and treatment,
Noting that most HIV/AIDS patients die in the prime of life and represent a grave loss to a country’s economy and society,
Acknowledging that women and especially young women are at greater risk of contracting the disease,
Stressing that if HIV/AIDS continues to spread at its current rate, it will be the cause of more deaths over the first decade of the twenty-first century than the combined casualties of the wars of the twentieth century, and
Keeping in mind that there is no current medical cure for HIV/AIDS;
We, the student delegates,
1. Strongly suggest that NGO’s and governments work collaboratively to draft legislation addressing both preventative and reparative measures and ensuring that adequate funds are allocated to support the fight against HIV/AIDS,
2. Encourage widespread public education campaigns targeting all socio-economic groups through means demographically appropriate, and promoting not only a basic level of knowledge and awareness of HIV/AIDS, but also stressing the importance of sex education for all members of society,
3. Strongly recommend that all the world’s countries affected by HIV/AIDS institute widespread media campaigns that breach socio-economic boundaries,
4. Express with conviction the need for the eradication, through education and awareness programs funded by governments and NGO’s, of discrimination stemming from ignorance,
5. Recommend that the world’s governments make sure that preventative methods related to all forms of HIV/AIDS transmission be accepted and made readily available to the population regardless of ethnicity, gender, age, religious background or social status,
6. Propose that a system of support groups be established to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS through the sex trade,
7. Endorse the institution of support networks and educational programs for children orphaned as a result of this pandemic,
8. Urge the countries of the world to create cost-free community counseling centers and support networks for families in order to offer support and emotional outreach to those affected by HIV/AIDS,
9. Call upon the governments of all countries to assume the responsibility of collectively working toward securing medications for all HIV/AIDS-infected individuals--regardless of their economic status--and funding HIV/AIDS-related research and development,
10. Seek the development and implementation of comprehensive treatment strategies to strengthen family and community based care, including:
a) healthcare systems to administer and monitor the treatment (including diet) of HIV/AIDS sufferers,
b) strategies to improve the capacity and working conditions of health care personnel and the effectiveness of supply systems,
c) financial plans to provide global access to affordable medicines, including anti-retroviral drugs, diagnostics, and related technologies, as well as psycho-social therapy,
11. Strongly emphasize the need for programs to empower and educate women about the causes and effects of HIV/AIDS,
12. Suggest that NGO’s and governments assure that assistance meant to support those infected with HIV/AIDS reaches its intended destination,
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13. Finally, demand the upholding of the inalienable human rights defined in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Freedoms.
Appendix: United Nations: Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Freedoms (See: http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html)
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