UN General Assembly
2006

to follow up and implement the decisions emanating from the Monterrey Consensus and reaffirmed at the September 2005 World Summit. It is extremely urgent that all development partners honour all their commitments. Our appeal to them takes fully into account the primary responsibility of all States to plan and carry out their own development. It also addresses the many constraints hampering the developing countries, in particular the impact of HIV/AIDS, malaria and other infectious diseases on their populations and economies. Therefore, I cannot fail to welcome the fact that, in the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS (resolution 60/262), adopted on 2 June 2006 at the end of the High-level Meeting devoted to follow-up on the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, the international community stressed the special situation of sub-Saharan Africa and recognized the efforts made by African Governments to fight the pandemic. Gabon, for its part, has undertaken ambitious initiatives ranging from awareness raising to the implementation of action plans such as the multisectoral strategic plan to fight AIDS. The