Sponsors : The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, The Czech Republic, Republic of Slovenia,

The Republic of India, The State of Israel,

Signatories : Antigua and Barbuda, The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, The
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, The Federal Republic of Nigeria, The Federal
Republic of Somalia, The Gabonese Republic, Georgia, Hungary, Jamaica, The Kingdom of
Cambodia, The Republic of Albania, The Republic of Angola, The Republic of Belarus, The
Republic of Cuba, The Republic of Gambia, The Republic of Ghana, The Republic of Honduras,
The Republic of Kenya, The Republic of Mali, The Republic of Namibia, The Republic of
Nicaragua, The Republic of Singapore, The Republic of Sudan, The Republic of Tanzania,
Romania, Solomon Islands, The State of Eritrea,

Committee : World Health Organization

Topic : Mitigating HIV AIDS

The World Health Organization,

Recalling AIDS as an emerging disease only in the early 1980s by and rapidly establishing
itself throughout the world, continuing to flourish and persist well into the 21st century, evolving
from a mysterious illness to a global pandemic which has infected tens of millions people,
recognizing that the rate of spread of HIV/AIDS now constitutes it as a global emergency as it
becomes one of the longest lasting epidemic and poses as one of the greatest challenges faced by
the world which can create adverse effects to development, progress and stability in communities
and the world at large,

Alarmed by the continuous global spread of HIV/AIDS, alarmed by the 1.7 million
increase in cases of infection reported by UNAIDS in 2019, and deeply disturbed by the rising
cases of HIV/AIDS which has infected 38 million people worldwide and resulted in 690,000
deaths in 2019, further noting that in the 39 years since its discovery HIV/AID has infected a total
of 76 million people with around 5,000 daily infections in 2016 and caused a total of 33 million
deaths by 2019,

Reminding that the underlying cause for the spread of HIV/AIDS is through exchange of
bodily fluids which includes sexual activities, intravenous drug abusers as well as transplant and
transfusion recipients and shown to even proliferate in infants with HIV positive mothers, mindful
that gaps in services for HIV treatment in 2019 has resulted in increase of infections and HIV-
related deaths,

Further Recalling the report of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, The
United Nations World Health Organization, and all governmental, intergovernmental and non-
governmental entities in the public health sector that are working to mitigate and prevent the
global spread of HIV/AIDS and expressing its appreciation to the deep concern and efforts of the
United Nations and its co-sponsoring agencies in regards to fighting HIV/AIDS,

Viewing with appreciation the UNAIDS ‘Fast-Track’ strategy, a call to reach the 90-90-90
treatment targets, to close the testing gap and to protect the health of people living with HIV and
calls for 90 percent of the people with HIV to become aware of their infection, 90 percent people
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calls for 90 percent of the people with HIV to become aware of their infection, 90 percent people
who aware of their HIV status to initiate ART treatment and 90 percent of those receiving ART
having undetectable levels of HIV in their blood by 2020, milestone also includes a 75 percent
reduction in new infection between 2010 and 2020, and reducing annual HIV-related deaths to
less than 500,000 by 2020 globally, UNAID has led to the development of global strategy fast
track ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030,

Acknowledging the adverse impact of inequality in the global economy on the funding of
efforts to mitigate and prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS and the need to eliminate the existing gap
among disproportionately affected communities which has resulted in inequalities between
availability of resources as well as technical and financial resources necessary to combat
HIV/AIDS,

Reaffirming that the effects of HIV/AIDS vary significantly across different countries and
impacts communities disproportionately, further emphasizing the inequalities among
underprivileged and underdeveloped communities, especially with higher risk individuals such as
male homosexuals and bisexuals, heterosexual partners especially sex workers and their clients,
recepients of blood transfusions, HIV infected mothers, noting further that these are exacerbated
even more in developing nations and rural areas,

Having considered combination prevention programmes using a mix of biomedical,

behavioural and structural intervention to meet the current HIV prevention needs of particular
individuals and communities so as to have the greatest possible impact on reducing new
infections,

Bearing in mind the importance of education and the role that it plays in removing stigma,
false perception and taboos surrounding people living with HIV/AIDS which has proliferated into
society, noting with deep concern the rise of suicide rates among people living with HIV as a
result of the disgraced status given by societal views, stressing on the fear of testing for HIV in
society due pre-existing notions surrounding HIV/AIDS,

Fully Aware that a human rights-based approach is essential to ending AIDS as a public
health threat, recognizing that rights-based approaches create an enabling environment for
successful HIV responses and affirm the dignity of people living with, or vulnerable to HIV,

1. Encourages the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the World Health
Organizations as well as all relevant stakeholders to further strengthen their capacity to
collectively combat HIV/AIDS in order to achieve the goals set in the United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals;

2. Endorses to implement widespread availability of laboratory services that can provide

confidential and cost-effective testing including rapid diagnostic tests, self testing kits and
other investigations, especially for high risk groups such as the LGBT Community,
heterosexual partners including sex workers and their clients, intravenous drug abusers,
transplant and transfusion recipients, early infant diagnosis for HIV exposed infants, as
well as the eldery population;

3. Urges for all relevant governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental entities

in the public health sector to provide better healthcare services through telehealth, routine
check ups, rural health programmes granting patients ease of access to more widespread
health services to ensure that people living with HIV are able to access affordable lifelong
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 health services to ensure that people living with HIV are able to access affordable lifelong
antiretroviral therapy treatments necessary to live a normal and healthy life which shall be
done in two main categories of healthcare services;
a. Preventative services which encompases targeted interventions for high-
risk groups, Needle syringe exchange programme, blood safety, prevention
of parent to child transmission, condom promotion, control of STDs,
prevention interventions for migrant population, social mobilization, youth
interventions and adolescence education programme;
b. Treatment, care and support services which includes free first line and
second line ARTs through forming ART centers, ART for children,
nutritional and psycho-social support through Care and support centers,
treatment of coinfections and opportunities infections;

4. Encourages states to establish domestic and local institutions or agencies tasked with
addressing the AIDS epidemic that are facilitated with the necessary equipment required
to have the capacity to provide the necessary health services and acts as the body that
encompasses and coordinates all relevant actors to ensure that state run programs are fluid,
under a comprehensive framework and sustainable;

5. Calls upon for nations, the private sector as well as relevant NGOs to provide
counseling centers dedicated to HIV infected people, and instructs that information,
education and communication and behaviour change communication should be given, and
welcomes volunteers to come out and support people who requires aid for their emotional,
mental and social well being;

6. Recommends that states reconfigure healthcare systems to increase its capacity to

cover people living with HIV/AIDS by cooperating with global financial institutions,
private sectors and nongovernmental organizations to secure necessary fundings for the
diagnosis of HIV as well as opportunistic and co-infections, treatment and counselling of
HIV patients as well as with pharmaceutical companies and needles and syringe
manufacturers to ensure the Injection Drug Users are able to procure necessary
paraphernalias at little to no cost without the risk of contracting HIV by implementing
state-level needle and syringe programs;

7. Recognizes the important role of education in moulding public perception surrounding

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people diagnosed W… in order to remove stigmas and false perceptions
with HIV/AIDS
and in order to change public behaviour and treatment towards people living with the
diseases to encourage testing among high risk groups and promoting openness and
acceptance by society;

8. Further Recommends for the creation of safe spaces for people living with HIV/AIDS
by providing an online platform for them to speak freely and openly in order to raise
public awareness surrounding people living with HIV/AIDS to further destigmatize the
reality of living with the condition and in order to bolster better communication between
people with HIV/AIDS and the public through the use of social media platforms and the
internet to provide a secure and confidential space to discuss HIV/AIDS in a manner that
is informative, respectful and humane to avoid misinformation, misconceptions and fear-
mongering;

9. Strongly condemns any violation of human rights to ensure the security of those living
with HIV by addressing the stigmas, discrimination, and other legal, human rights, social
and gender-related barriers that make those vulnerable to HIV become inaccessible to HIV
prevention, treatment, care and support services, calls upon the states to use advocacy and
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 prevention, treatment, care and support services, calls upon the states to use advocacy and
litigation, so that civil society and people living with HIV can be intrumental to advancing
human rights in the response to the epidemic, and strongly encourages governments,
legislatures, donors and partners such as the United Nations to support law reforms, policy
changes and human rights programmes;

10. Invites grassroots movements, youth advocates and civil society to participate in the
spreading of information and knowledge surrounding HIV/AIDS in the efforts of
eliminating stigmas and prejudices against people living with HIV/AIDS;

11. Further Invites people living with HIV/AIDS to speak out on their experiences living
with HIV/AIDS in public discourses as a necessary instrument to propel society forward
in reshaping public perceptions on the matter to further empower people living with
HIV/AIDS and ensure future generations are better informed and better able to address the
AIDS epidemic with thoughtfulness and insight to promote a holistic approach that
encompasses both the physical health aspects of HIV/AIDS as well as the mental health
and social aspects of it in a manner that puts human rights front and centre.
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