A/RES/69/132
Global health and foreign policy
and among countries, regions and populations, still remain and demand persistent
attention,
Noting the role of the Foreign Policy and Global Health Initiative in promoting
synergy between foreign policy and global health and that health inequities within
and between countries cannot only be addressed within the health sector by
technical measures, or only at the national level, but also require global engagement
for health, which is rooted in global solidarity and shared responsibility,
Reaffirming the commitment to the achievement of all the Millennium
Development Goals, welcoming progress made in the areas of the Goals that
concern health, which are key to achieving all the Goals, and stressing the need to
further support initiatives aimed at accelerating progress for their achievement,
Recalling its resolution 68/309 of 10 September 2014, in which it welcomed
the report of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals 4 and
decided that the proposal of the Open Working Group contained in the report shall
be the main basis for integrating sustainable development goals into the post-2015
development agenda, while recognizing that other inputs will also be considered, in
the intergovernmental negotiation process at the sixty-ninth session of the General
Assembly,
Underscoring the importance of enhanced international cooperation to support
the efforts of Member States to achieve health goals, implement universal access to
health services and address health challenges while taking into account different
national realities and capacities and respecting national policies and priorities,
Noting the important role that well-coordinated, multistakeholder partnerships
with a broad range of actors, including national Governments, local authorities,
international institutions, business, civil society organizations, foundations,
philanthropists and social impact investors, scientists and academics and
individuals, can play in development, supporting public health priorities that
contribute to better health outcomes,
Reaffirming the right to use, to the fullest extent, the provisions contained in
the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual
Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement), the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement
and Public Health, the decision of the General Council of the World Trade
Organization of 30 August 2003 on the implementation of paragraph 6 of the Doha
Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health and, when formal
acceptance procedures are completed, the amendment to article 31 of the TRIPS
Agreement, as proposed by the General Council of the World Trade Organization in
its decision of 6 December 2005, which provide flexibilities for the protection of
public health, and in particular to promote access to medicines for all, and to
encourage the provision of assistance to developing countries in this regard, and
calling for broad and timely acceptance of the amendment to article 31 of the TRIPS
Agreement,
Recognizing that the protection of intellectual property can be important in the
development of new medicines,
Recognizing also that attacks upon medical and health personnel result in
long-lasting impacts, including the loss of life and human suffering, weaken the
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