United Nations
A/RES/59/256
General Assembly
Distr.: General
4 March 2005
Fifty-ninth session
Agenda item 46
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 23 December 2004
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/59/L.56 and Add.1)]
59/256. 2001–2010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing
Countries, Particularly in Africa
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 49/135 of 19 December 1994, 50/128 of 20 December 1995,
55/284 of 7 September 2001, 57/294 of 20 December 2002 and 58/237 of 23 December
2003 concerning the struggle against malaria in developing countries, particularly in
Africa,
Bearing in mind the relevant resolutions of the Economic and Social Council relating
to the struggle against malaria and diarrhoeal diseases, in particular resolution 1998/36 of
30 July 1998,
Taking note of the declarations and decisions on health issues adopted by the
Organization of African Unity, in particular the declaration and plan of action on the “Roll
Back Malaria” initiative adopted at the Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and
Government of the Organization of African Unity, held in Abuja on 24 and 25 April 2000, 1
as well as decision AHG/Dec.155 (XXXVI) concerning the implementation of that
declaration and plan of action, adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and
Government of the Organization of African Unity at its thirty-sixth ordinary session, held
in Lomé from 10 to 12 July 2000, 2
Also taking note of the Maputo Declaration on Malaria, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and
Other Related Infectious Diseases, adopted by the Assembly of the African Union at its
second ordinary session, held in Maputo from 10 to 12 July 2003, 3
Recognizing the linkages in efforts being made to reach the targets set at the Abuja
Summit as necessary and important for the attainment of the “Roll Back Malaria” goal and
the targets of the United Nations Millennium Declaration 4 by 2010 and 2015, respectively,
Also recognizing the urgent need for scaling up national malaria control programmes
if African countries are to meet the intermediate target set by the Abuja Summit for the
five-year period 2000–2005,
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1
See A/55/240/Add.1.
See A/55/286, annex II.
3
A/58/626, annex I, Assembly/AU/Decl.6 (II).
4
See resolution 55/2.
2
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