A/RES/60/221
African Union at its second ordinary session, held in Maputo from 10 to 12 July
2003, 5
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 Millennium Declaration by 2010 and 2015,
respectively,
Also recognizing that malaria-related ill health and deaths throughout the
world can be substantially eliminated with political commitment and commensurate
resources if the public is educated and sensitized about malaria and appropriate
health services are made available, particularly in countries where the disease is
endemic,
Emphasizing the importance of implementing the Millennium Declaration, and
welcoming in this connection the commitment of Member States to respond to the
specific needs of Africa,
Commending the efforts of the World Health Organization, the United Nations
Children’s Fund and other partners to fight malaria over the years, including the
launching of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership in 1998,
Recalling resolution 58.2 adopted by the World Health Assembly on 23 May
2005 6 urging a broad range of national and international actions to scale up malaria
control programmes,
Taking note of the Roll Back Malaria Global Strategic Plan 2005–2015
developed by the Roll Back Malaria Partnership,
1.
Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of
the World Health Organization, 7 and calls for support for the recommendations
contained therein;
2.
Welcomes the increased funding for malaria interventions and for
research and development of preventative and control tools from the international
community, including from the Group of Eight, the United States of America, the
World Bank and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as the European
Commission and other sources of bilateral funding;
Calls upon the international community to continue to support the “Roll
3.
Back Malaria” partner organizations, including the World Health Organization and
the United Nations Children’s Fund, as vital complementary sources of support for
the efforts of malaria-endemic countries to combat the disease;
Appeals to the international community to work towards increased and
4.
sustained bilateral and multilateral assistance to combat malaria, including support
for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, in order to assist
States, in particular malaria-endemic countries, to implement sound national plans
to control malaria in a sustained and equitable way that, inter alia, contributes to
health system development;
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A/58/626, annex I, Assembly/AU/Decl.6 (II).
See World Health Organization, Fifty-eighth World Health Assembly, Geneva, 16–25 May 2005,
Resolutions and Decisions, Annex (WHA58/2005/REC/1).
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A/60/208.
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