United Nations
A/RES/57/294
General Assembly
Distr.: General
29 January 2003
Fifty-seventh session
Agenda item 29
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/57/L.70 and Add.1)]
57/294. 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 and 55/284 of 7 September 2001 concerning the struggle against malaria in the
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,
Acknowledging that it is important and necessary for countries where malaria
is endemic to adopt appropriate strategies to combat malaria, one of the most deadly
of all tropical diseases, which annually causes at least one million deaths in Africa,
where nine out of every ten cases of malaria occur,
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 thirtysixth ordinary session, held in Lomé from 10 to 12 July 2000, 2
Welcoming the establishment of the African Union in Durban, South Africa, on
9 July 2002, in accordance with the provisions of its Constitutive Act, and the
adoption of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, 3
Acknowledging the efforts of the World Health Organization and other partners
to fight malaria over the years, including the launching of the Roll Back Malaria
Partnership in 1998,
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1
See A/55/240/Add.1.
See A/55/286, annex II.
3
A/57/304, annex.
2
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