Global health and foreign policy: accelerating the fight against diseases driven by social determinants of health A/RES/80/265 for financing for development, building on the 2015 Addis Ababa Action Agenda, 1 to close with urgency the estimated annual 4 trillion United States dollar financing gap, 2 and catalyse sustainable development investments at scale in developing countries and continue the reform of the international financial architecture through continued and strong commitment to multilateralism, international cooperation, and global solidarity, Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 3 the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 4 the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 5 the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 6 the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 7 the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 8 the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 9 and relevant provisions of international humanitarian law, Reaffirming the right of every human being, without distinction of any kind, to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Recognizing that health is a precondition for, an outcome of, and an indicator of the three dimensions of sustainable development and is defined as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity in the Constitution of the World Health Organization, 10 in which it is also declared that the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition, Reaffirming the principles of equality and non‑discrimination as fundamental to the realization of the right to health, Underlining the significant role of the Foreign Policy and Global Health Initiative in promoting synergies between foreign policy and global health, as well as the contribution of the Oslo Ministerial Declaration of 20 March 2007, entitled “Global health: a pressing foreign policy issue of our time”, 11 which was reaffirmed, with renewed actions and commitments, in the ministerial communiqué of the Initiative entitled “Renewing 10 years of concerted efforts and preparing for new challenges”, of 22 September 2017, 12 Taking note of the high-level dialogue of the General Assembly on the social, economic and environmental determinants of health, held on 11 July 2025 in accordance with resolution 78/280, Emphasizing that an effective, efficient, inclusive and more agile global health architecture, including the leadership and centrality of the World Health Organization, is needed to adequately prepare for and respond to present and future global health _______________ 1 General Assembly resolution 69/313, annex. Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2024 (United Nations publication, 2024), figure I.1. 3 Resolution 217 A (III). 4 See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. 5 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 660, No. 9464. 6 Ibid., vol. 1249, No. 20378. 7 Ibid., vol. 1577, No. 27531. 8 Ibid., vol. 2515, No. 44910. 9 See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. 10 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 14, No. 221. 11 A/63/591, annex. 12 A/72/559, annex. 2 2/10 26-07986