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Global Health and Foreign Policy

A/RES/63/33No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 44Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields, published in 2009.

What other versions does this mandate have?

7 versions · 2009–2015
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/69/132
  • 2015A/RES/69/132Global health and foreign policyLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2014A/RES/68/98Global health and foreign policyCompare with previous version
  • 2013A/RES/67/81Global health and foreign policyCompare with previous version
  • 2012A/RES/66/115Global health and foreign policyCompare with previous version
  • 2011A/RES/65/95Global health and foreign policyCompare with previous version

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

2 topics
Foreign PolicyPublic Health

What does this mandate say?

6 operative paragraphs
1
Recognizes the close relationship between foreign policy and global health and their interdependence, and in that regard also recognizes that global challenges require concerted and sustained efforts by the international community;
2
Urges Member States to consider health issues in the formulation of foreign policy;
3
Stresses the importance of achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals;
4
Recognizes that the annual ministerial review to be held by the Economic and Social Council in 2009 will focus on the theme “Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to global public health”, and in that regard calls for enhanced coordination within the United Nations system;
5
Requests the Secretary-General, in close collaboration with the Director-General of the World Health Organization, and in consultation with Member States, to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session, in 2009, a comprehensive report, with recommendations, on challenges, activities and initiatives related to foreign policy and global health, taking into account the outcome of the annual ministerial review to be held by the Economic and Social Council in 2009;
6
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-fourth session an item entitled “Global health and foreign policy”, taking into account the cross-cutting nature of issues related to foreign policy and global health.

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