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2009 and engaged multisectoral high representatives from around the world in the
global health debate on protecting vulnerable populations, building resilient health
systems and enhancing coherence towards multi-stakeholder strategic partnerships,
Welcoming the outcome of the annual ministerial review held by the Economic
and Social Council in 2009, on the theme “Implementing the internationally agreed
goals and commitments in regard to global public health”, 4
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Recognizing the leading role of the World Health Organization as the primary
specialized agency for health, including its roles and functions with regard to health
policy in accordance with its mandate,
Noting the role and contribution of the Foreign Policy and Global Health
Initiative in promoting synergy between foreign policy and global health, as well as
the contribution of the Oslo Ministerial Declaration entitled “Global health: a
pressing foreign policy issue of our time” 5 to placing health as a foreign policy issue
on the international agenda,
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Noting also the outcome of the Thirty-fourth Summit of the Group of Eight,
held in Tōyako, Hokkaidō, Japan, from 7 to 9 July 2008, which highlighted the
principles for action on global health to achieve all the health-related Millennium
Development Goals,
Emphasizing that the United Nations system has an important responsibility to
assist Governments in the follow-up to and full implementation of agreements and
commitments reached at the major United Nations conferences and summits,
especially those focusing on health-related areas,
Underscoring the fact that global health is also a long-term objective which is
local, national, regional and international in scope and requires sustained attention,
commitment and closer international cooperation beyond emergency,
Reaffirming the commitment to strengthening health systems that deliver
equitable health outcomes as the basis for a comprehensive approach, which
requires appropriate attention to, inter alia, health financing, the health workforce,
the procurement and distribution of medicines and vaccines, infrastructure,
information systems, service delivery and political will in leadership and
governance,
Appreciating the contribution made by civil society, including non-governmental
organizations and the private sector, on issues related to foreign policy and global
health,
Welcoming the ongoing partnerships between a variety of stakeholders at the
local, national, regional and global levels aimed at addressing the multifaceted
determinants of global health and the commitments and initiatives to accelerate
progress on the health-related Millennium Development Goals, including those
announced at the high-level event on the Millennium Development Goals, held at
United Nations Headquarters on 25 September 2008, and at the corresponding
follow-up high-level event held on 23 September 2009,
Noting with concern that for millions of people throughout the world, the right
of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and
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See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 3 (A/64/3/Rev.1).
A/63/591, annex.