Assembly/AU/Dec.413(XVIII) Page 4 representation are taken into account in the emerging global partnership arrangements, for results-oriented partnership for effective development cooperation; 19. COMMENDS the Government of the Republic of South Africa for successfully hosting the Seventeenth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations (UN) Framework Convention on Climate Change, in December 2011 with historic and precedent-setting outcomes based on the sterling work of H.E. Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia as Chairperson of Committee of African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC) and contributions of Member States; 20. REQUESTS NPCA in collaboration with the Commission and partner institutions including United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), UNECA and the African Development Bank (AfDB) to continue to support the African process and follow up on the negotiations on Climate Change particularly the outcomes of COP 17 as well as for NPCA to facilitate the development, implementation and coordination of adaptation actions including building adaptive capacities at national and regional levels to strengthen sectoral resilience and reduce vulnerability to climate change; 21. TAKES NOTE of significant progress achieved on AIDS response across Africa over the past decade, in particular the historic achievement of putting over five (5) million people on treatment and reducing the rate of new infections by over twenty-five percent (25%) in a substantial number of countries, but EXPRESSES concern over the current funding crisis facing AIDS response given the impact of global financial crisis and REQUESTS the Commission and NPCA in collaboration with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) to work out a road map of shared responsibility to draw on African efforts for viable health funding steams with support of traditional and emerging partners to address AIDS dependency response; 22. NOTES WITH APPRECIATION the efforts to strengthen UN system-wide support for NEPAD implementation through closer collaboration between NPCA and UN Agencies especially the key roles of UNECA, UNDP and UN Office of Special Adviser on Africa (UN-OSAA) and in this regard, WELCOMES the 2011 Report of Mutual Review of Development Effectiveness (MRDE) produced by UNECA/OECD; Conclusions of 12th UN Regional Coordination Mechanism (RCM-Africa); 2011 Report on UNDP Human Development - Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All; and the 10th NEPAD Anniversary Week at the 66th UN General Assembly in New York in October 2011; 23. RE-AFFIRMS the overall significance of forward looking approaches towards the swift implementation of NEPAD in the next decade following the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of NEPAD in 2011 and WELCOMES the planned NEPAD Colloquium and Fund-Raising as prime multi-stakeholder events in March 2012 to round up the anniversary.