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
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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
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Resolution 70/1.
Resolution 69/313, annex.
See World Health Organization, document WHA71/2018/REC/1.
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