United Nations General Assembly A/RES/58/173 Distr.: General 10 March 2004 Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 117 (b) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 December 2003 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/58/508/Add.2)] 58/173. The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health The General Assembly, Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1 the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 2 the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 3 the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 4 and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 5 Reaffirming also that the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health is a human right, and that such right derives from the inherent dignity of the human person, Recalling that, according to the Constitution of the World Health Organization, 6 health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, Recognizing the need to progressively achieve the full realization of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Recalling the relevant provisions of declarations and programmes of action adopted by the major United Nations conferences, summits and special sessions and at their follow-up meetings, in particular the four health-related development goals contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 7 _______________ 1 Resolution 217 A (III). See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. 3 Resolution 2106 A (XX), annex. 4 Resolution 34/180, annex. 5 Resolution 44/25, annex. 6 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 14, No. 221. 7 See resolution 55/2. 2 03 50496