A/HRC/RES/26/18
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
14 July 2014
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-sixth session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
26/18 The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable
standard of physical and mental health: sport and healthy
lifestyles as contributing factors
The Human Rights Council,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and recalling the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the
Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,
Recalling the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly on the issue of sport, in
particular its resolution 67/17 of 28 November 2012, entitled “Sport as a means to promote
education, health, development and peace”,
Recalling also Human Rights Council resolution 24/6 of 26 September 2013, and all
previous resolutions and decisions on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest
attainable standard of physical and mental health adopted by the Council, the General
Assembly and the Commission on Human Rights,
Recalling further previous Human Rights Council resolutions on the issue of sport
and human rights, in particular resolutions 13/27 of 26 March 2010, 18/23 of 30 September
2011 and 24/1 of 26 September 2013,
Noting with concern that, for millions of people throughout the world, the full
enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health remains a distant
goal,
Concerned that the increasing incidence of non-communicable diseases constitutes a
heavy burden on society, with serious social and economic consequences, which represent a
leading threat to human health and development,
GE.14-08300 (E)
*1408300*