Political declaration of the third high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases A/RES/73/2 efforts, and, in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 2 reduce by one third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases by 2030 through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well -being, by addressing their risk factors and the determinants of health; 2. Reaffirm General Assembly resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ”, and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development; 3 3. Reaffirm the right of every human being, without distinction of any kind, to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health and recognize that health is a precondition for and an outcome and indicator of all three dimensions of sustainable development; 4. Recognize that action to realize the commitments made for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases is inadequate and that the level of progress and investment to date is insufficient to meet target 3.4 of the Sustainable Development Goals and that the world has yet to fulfil its promise of implementing, at all levels, measures to reduce the risk of premature death and disability from non -communicable diseases; 5. Acknowledge the progress achieved by some countries in the implementation of their commitments made in 2011 and 2014 for the prevention and control of four major non-communicable diseases, namely, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer and chronic respiratory diseases, by reducing their main common risk factors, namely, tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol, unhealthy diets and physical inactivity, and by addressing the underlying social, economic and environmental determinants of non-communicable diseases and the impact of economic, commercial and market factors, as well as by improving disease management to reduce morbidity, disability and mortality; 6. Recognize that many countries still face significant challenges in the implementation of their commitments, and remain deeply concerned that the burden of non-communicable diseases continues to rise disproportionately in developing countries and that every year 15 million people between the ages of 30 and 69 die from non-communicable diseases and that 86 per cent of these premature deaths occur in developing countries; 7. Express grave concern that the huge human and economic cost of non-communicable diseases contributes to poverty and inequities and threatens the health of peoples and the development of countries, costing developing countries over the next 15 years more than 7 trillion United States dollars; 8. Welcome the fact that the General Assembly proclaimed 2016–2025 as the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition and encourage its implementation; 9. Welcome the convening of the World Health Organization Global Conference on Non-communicable Diseases, hosted by the Governments of Finland, the Russian Federation and Uruguay and the World Health Organization, from 18 to 20 October 2017 in Montevideo, and its outcome document, entitled “Montevideo road map 2018–2030 on non-communicable diseases as a sustainable development priority”, as a contribution to the preparatory process leading to the third high -level meeting and recall World Health Assembly resolution 71.2 of 26 May 2018; 4 __________________ 2 3 4 2/7 Resolution 70/1. Resolution 69/313, annex. See World Health Organization, document WHA71/2018/REC/1. 18-16893

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