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EB140.R7

EB140
EB140.R7 Preparation for the third High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases, to be held in 2018 1
The Executive Board,
Having considered the report on preparation for the third High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases, to be held in 2018, 2
RECOMMENDS to the Seventieth World Health Assembly the consideration of the following draft resolution: 3
( Thirteenth meeting, 28 January 2017)
The Seventieth World Health Assembly,
Recalling resolutions WHA66.10 (2013) on the Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases, and WHA69.6 (2016) on responses to specific assignments in preparation for the third High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable diseases; United Nations General Assembly resolutions 66/2 (2011) on the Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting, 68/300 (2014) on the outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the comprehensive review and assessment of the progress achieved in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, 69/313 (2015) on the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, and 70/1 (2015) on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; and United Nations Economic and Social Council resolutions 2013/12, 2014/10, 2015/8 and 2016/5 on the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases,
1.
[ ENDORSES] the updated Appendix 3 to the global action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases 2013–2020;
2.
NOTES the workplan for the global coordination mechanism on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases covering the period 2018–2019;
3.
URGES Member States: 4
(1)
to continue to implement resolutions WHA66.10 (2013) on the Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases and WHA69.6 (2016) on responses to specific assignments in preparation for the third High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable diseases; United Nations General Assembly resolutions 66/2 (2011) on the Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting, 68/300 (2014) on the outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the comprehensive review and assessment of the progress achieved in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, 69/313 (2015) on the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, and 70/1 (2015) on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; and United Nations Economic and Social Council resolutions 2013/12, 2014/10, 2015/8 and 2016/5 on the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases, taking into account the updated Appendix 3 to the global action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases 2013–2020;
(2)
to support the preparation at the national, regional and international levels for the third High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases, to be held in 2018;
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REQUESTS the Director-General to submit a report on preparation for the third High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases, to be held in 2018, to the Seventy-first World Health Assembly in 2018, through the Executive Board.
See Annex 1.
Document EB140/27.
See Annex 8 for the financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of the resolution.
And, where applicable, regional economic integration organizations.
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