31. Also recognizes that HIV/AIDS continues to exact a devastating toll on individuals and families, in particular women and girls, and that in the hardest-hit countries it threatens decades of health, economic and social progress, reducing life expectancy, slowing economic growth, deepening poverty and contributing to chronic food shortages; that urgent action is needed to address gender inequality and economic dependency and poverty; and that addressing HIV/AIDS is therefore an important component of poverty eradication and a key requisite when working to achieve the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the Millennium Declaration;
31．又认识到艾滋病毒/艾滋病继续对个人和家庭，特别是妇女和女孩造成灾难性后果，并在受影响最严重的国家，威胁几十年来在卫生、经济和社会方面取得的进步，降低预期寿命、减慢经济增长、加剧贫穷和引起长期的粮食短缺；认识到需要迫切采取行动，解决两性不平等、经济依赖性和贫穷问题；并认识到解决艾滋病毒/艾滋病问题因此是消除贫穷的重要组成部分，也是努力实现国际商定的发展目标，包括《千年宣言》所载目标的一个关键必要条件；