United Nations
General Assembly
A/HRC/RES/33/18
Distr.: General
10 October 2016
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-third session
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 30 September 2016
33/18.
Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human
rights
The Human Rights Council,
Recognizing that preventing maternal mortality and morbidity is one of the human
rights priorities for all States, and reaffirming that all human rights are universal,
indivisible, interrelated, interdependent and mutually reinforcing,
Recalling its previous resolutions on preventable maternal mortality and morbidity
and human rights,
Reaffirming the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the Programme of
Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, and their review
conferences and outcome documents, and reaffirming also the resolutions and agreed
conclusions of the Commission on the Status of Women,
Welcoming the efforts of the World Health Organization to prevent maternal
mortality and morbidity, taking note of World Health Assembly resolution 69.2 and report
A68/16, and recalling the global commitment to the reduction of maternal mortality and to
universal access to reproductive health,
Taking into account General Assembly resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015
entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, and its
call to take the bold and transformative steps urgently needed to shift the world on to a
sustainable and resilient path, to ensure that no one will be left behind and to make efforts
to reach the furthest behind first,
Taking note of the Secretary-General’s renewed Global Strategy on Women’s,
Children’s and Adolescents’ Health, and recognizing the important role it may play in
reducing preventable maternal mortality and morbidity,
Recognizing the importance of strengthening coordination between all relevant
United Nations agencies, in accordance with their respective mandates, in reducing
preventable maternal mortality and morbidity,
Stressing that reducing maternal mortality and morbidity with full respect of States’
human rights obligations and commitments will require efforts across the 2030 Agenda for
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