UN Security Council
2000

Recalling also the 28 February 2000 special meeting of the Economic and Social Council, held in partnership with the President of the Security Council, on the development aspects of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, Welcoming the decision by the General Assembly to include in the agenda of its fifty-fourth session an additional item of an urgent and important character entitled “Review of the problem of HIV/AIDS in all its aspects”, and encouraging further action to address the problem of HIV/AIDS, Recognizing that the spread of HIV/AIDS can have a uniquely devastating impact on all sectors and levels of society, Reaffirming the importance of a coordinated international response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, given its possible growing impact on social instability and emergency situations, Further recognizing that the HIV/AIDS pandemic is also exacerbated by conditions of violence and instability, which increase the risk of exposure to the 00-53602 (E) ````````` S/RES/1308 (2000) disease through large movements of people, widespread uncertainty over conditions, and reduced access to medical care, Stressing that the HIV/AIDS pandemic, if unchecked, may pose a risk to stability and security,