A/RES/61/228 AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria services in Africa, issued by the Heads of State and Government of the African Union at the special summit of the African Union on HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, held in Abuja, from 2 to 4 May 2006, Recognizing the linkages in efforts being made to reach the targets set at the Abuja Summit in 2000 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, through targeted funding from multilateral and bilateral sources and from the private sector; Calls upon the international community to continue to support the “Roll 3. Back Malaria” partner organizations, including the World Health Organization, the World Bank 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; _______________ 6 See World Health Organization, Fifty-eighth World Health Assembly, Geneva, 16–25 May 2005, Resolutions and Decisions, Annex (WHA58/2005/REC/1). 7 A/61/218 and Corr.1. 2