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 nutritious options, reducing the excessive use of salt, sugars and fats, in particular saturated fats and trans-fats, as well as providing appropriate content information of those nutrients, bearing in mind international guidelines on nutrition labelling; (e) Committing to further reduce the exposure of children to and impact on them of the marketing of foods and beverages high in fats, in particular saturated fats and trans-fats, sugars or salt, consistent with national legislation, where applicable; (f) Contributing to further improving access to and the affordability of safe, effective and quality medicines and technologies in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases; 45. Establish or strengthen transparent national accountability mechanisms for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, taking into account government efforts in developing, implementing and monitoring national responses for addressing non-communicable diseases and existing global accountability mechanisms; 46. Commit to mobilize and allocate adequate, predictable and sustained resources for national responses to prevent and control non-communicable diseases and to promote mental health and well-being, through domestic, bilateral and multilateral channels, including international cooperation and official development assistance, and continue exploring voluntary innovative financing mechanisms and partnerships, including with the private sector, to advance action at all levels; 47. Call upon the World Health Organization to continue to exercise its leadership, as the directing and coordinating authority on international health, in order to contribute to Member States’ efforts to prevent and control non-communicable diseases by continuing and strengthening its normative and standard-setting work and its capacity to develop and provide technical cooperation, assistance and policy advice to Member States, as well as to enhance its multi-stakeholder engagement and dialogue, including through the World Health Organization global coordination mechanism on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases and the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases; 48. Also call upon the World Health Organization to continue to promote and monitor enhanced global action to prevent and control non -communicable diseases by coordinating work with other United Nations agencies, development banks and other regional and international organizations, including by exploring new financing, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and/or accountability mechanisms; 49. To implement these actions, we commit to act in unity to create a just and prosperous world where all people can exercise their rights and have equal opportunities to live healthy lives in a world free of the avoidable burden of non-communicable diseases; 50. We request the Secretary-General, in consultation with Member States, and in collaboration with the World Health Organization and relevant funds, programmes and specialized agencies of the United Nations system, to submit to the General Assembly, by the end of 2024, for consideration by Member States, a report on the progress achieved in the implementation of the present political declaration, in preparation for a high-level meeting on a comprehensive review, in 2025, of the progress achieved in the prevention and control of non -communicable diseases and the promotion of mental health and well-being. 18th plenary meeting 10 October 2018 18-16893 7/7