Global health and foreign policy: strengthening health system resilience through affordable health care for all A/RES/75/130 Recalling the adoption of its resolution 74/306 of 11 September 2020, entitled “Comprehensive and coordinated response to the coronavirus disease (COVID -19) pandemic”, and World Health Assembly resolution WHA73.1 of 19 May 2020, entitled “COVID-19 response”, Recognizing that the COVID-19 pandemic is one of the greatest global challenges in the history of the United Nations, and noting with deep concern i ts impact on health and the loss of life, mental health and well-being, as well as the negative impact on global humanitarian needs, the enjoyment of human rights and across all spheres of society, including on livelihoods, food security and nutrition, and education, the exacerbation of poverty and hunger, disruption to economies, trade, societies and environments, and the exacerbation of economic and social inequalities within and among countries, which is reversing hard -won development gains and hampering progress towards achieving the 2030 Agenda and all its Goals and targets, Acknowledging that the COVID-19 pandemic calls for continued leadership, multilateral commitment and collaboration, among Member States and with relevant United Nations entities, especially with the World Health Organization, and other relevant international organizations, to implement robust national responses, while also recognizing the key leadership role of the World Health Organization within the broader United Nations response, Underlining the importance of achieving Sustainable Development Goal 3, universal health coverage and universal access to affordable quality essential health services, including financial risk protection and access to quality, safe, effective, affordable and essential medicines, diagnostics, vaccines and other health technologies for all, as well as health promotion and disease prevention, while also acknowledging the importance of health across all the goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda, Underscoring that investments in health systems aligned with the 2030 Agenda are key to advancing prosperity and development and alleviating poverty, including for employment, trade, supply chains and travel, and underscoring also the need for sustained attention, commitment and closer cooperation, including partnership for global health, to ensure the promotion of effective implementation of universal health coverage on the basis of solidarity at the national, regional and international levels, Underlining the urgency of having strong and resilient health systems, reaching those who are vulnerable or in vulnerable situations and capable of effectively implementing the International Health Regulations (2005) 13 in the context of health emergencies, ensuring pandemic preparedness and the prevention and detection of and response to any outbreaks, infectious disease and other health threats, Recognizing the need to enhance cooperation at the national, regional and global levels to address antimicrobial resistance, using an integrated an d systems-based One Health approach, and in this regard welcoming the launch of the One Health Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance, Recognizing also that the COVID-19 pandemic has a disproportionately heavy impact on the poor and the most vulnerable, with repercussions on health and development gains, thus hampering the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and universal health coverage, Expressing deep concern about the rise in discrimination, hate speech, stigmatization, racism and xenophobia related to the pandemic, and stressing the need to counter them as part of the COVID-19 response, __________________ 13 20-17079 World Health Organization, document WHA58/2005/REC/1, resolution 58.3, annex. 3/9