Urges the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the organizations and bodies of the UN system, within their respective mandates, to intensify their support to Governments, with a view to achieving the goals contained in the UN Millennium Declaration, as well as the goals and targets contained in the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS; encourages the Programme and the World Health Organization to intensify their work with the international community in achieving the "3 by 5" target; encourages the activities of the Programme to strengthen, streamline and harmonize monitoring and evaluation efforts at the global, regional and country levels, in particular its efforts to rapidly improve monitoring and evaluation systems in priority countries through the provision of technical support and the posting of specialist staff in these and other countries; supports the efforts of the Programme to advocate that increased resources be devoted to the response to HIV/AIDS and to explore innovative options for expanding the funding base, both nationally and internationally.

Adopted without vote, 40th plenary meeting

In: Resolutions and decisions of the Economic and Social Council, organizational session for 2005, New York, 19 Jan., 4 Feb. and 1 and 31 Mar. 2005; resumed organizational session for 2005, New York, 27 and 28 Apr. and 9 June 2005; substantive session of 2005, New York, 29 June-27 July 2005; resumed substantive session of 2005, New York, 21 Oct. 2005 - E/2005/99 - p. 110-112 - (ESCOR, 2005, Suppl. no. 1).