SUBJECT OF RESOLUTION: Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Health

SUBMITTED TO: The Economic and Social Council

SUBMITTED BY:

The Economic and Social Council

Reaffirming the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, in particular those recommendations relating to reproductive rights and reproductive health,

Reaffirming the Beijing Platform for Acition and the further actions and initiatives to implement the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action adopted at the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, in particular those recommendations relating to reproductive rights and reproductive health,

Bearing in mind the goals and objectives of the United Nations Millennium Declaration and the outcome of other major United Nations conference and summits and their reviews, in particular on population and development, Bearing in mind the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS,

Recalling the theme for the thirty-fifth session of the Commission on Population and Development, “Reproductive rights and reproductive health, with special reference to human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)”,

1. Requests the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat to continue its research and requests the United Nations Population Fund to continue its programming on reproductive rights and reproductive health, in close collaboration with each other and with all other relevant funds, programmes and agencies of the United Nations system;

2. Recommends that all Members States coordinate closely and comply with the recommendations of various UN agencies on these issues;

3. Further requests that the Population Division incorporate the findings from this and other relevant research on reproductive rights and reproductive health, including the interrelationship with HIV/AIDS, in its contribution to the next review and appraisal of the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development.