Scope, modalities, format and organization of the
high-level meeting on universal health coverage
A/RES/73/131
Recalling its resolution 72/138 of 12 December 2017, entitled “International
Universal Health Coverage Day”, in which it decided to proclaim 12 December as
International Universal Health Coverage Day,
Recognizing that health is a precondition for and an outcome and indicator of
all three dimensions — economic, social and environmental — of sustainable
development and that, despite progress made, challenges in global health, including
major inequities and vulnerabilities within and among countries, regions and
populations, still remain and demand persistent attention,
Emphasizing the need for the high-level meeting to complement and build on
preceding and ongoing health processes and initiatives, including the high -level
meeting on HIV/AIDS held in New York from 8 to 10 June 2016 and the high-level
meeting on antimicrobial resistance held in New York on 21 September 2016, as well
as the high-level meeting on the fight against tuberculosis and the third high -level
meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable
diseases, convened in New York on 26 and 27 September 2018, respectively,
Welcoming the convening of the Global Conference on Primary Health Care, on
achieving universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals, held in
Astana on 25 and 26 October 2018, in celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the
Declaration of Alma-Ata, which may contribute to the debates of the high-level
meeting of the General Assembly on universal health coverage,
1.
Decides that the one-day high-level meeting on universal health coverage
to be convened by the President of the General Asse mbly shall be held in New York
a day before the start of the general debate of the Assembly at its seventy-fourth
session, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m., and consist of an opening segment,
a plenary segment for general discussion, two multi-stakeholder panels and a brief
closing segment;
2.
Also decides that the overall theme of the high-level meeting will be
“Universal health coverage: moving together to build a healthier world ”;
3.
Further decides that:
(a) The opening segment, to be held from 9 to 9.30 a.m., will feature
statements by the President of the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session, the
Secretary-General, the Director General of the World Health Organization, the
President of the World Bank Group, as well as an eminent high-level champion of
universal health coverage, selected, in consultation with Member States, by the
President of the Assembly, giving due consideration to gender equity;
(b) The plenary segment, to be held from 9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 to
5.30 p.m., will comprise statements by Member States and observers of the General
Assembly; a list of speakers will be established in accordance with established
practices of the Assembly, and the time limits for these statements will be three
minutes for individual delegations and five minutes for statements made on behalf of
a group of States;
(c) The closing segment, to be held from 5.30 to 6 p.m., will comprise
summaries of the multi-stakeholder panels and concluding remarks by the President
of the General Assembly;
4.
Decides that the organizational
multi-stakeholder panels will be as follows:
arrangements
for
the
two
(a) Two multi-stakeholder panels will be held in parallel to the plenary
segment, one from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the other from 3 to 5 p. m.;
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