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United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases

E/RES/2018/13No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the Economic and Social Council, under agenda item 12fPrevention and control of noncommunicable diseases, published in 2018.

What other versions does this mandate have?

11 versions · 2013–2025
This is an older version — the most recent is E/RES/2025/30
  • 2025E/RES/2025/30United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable DiseasesLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2024E/RES/2024/17United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable DiseasesCompare with previous version
  • 2021E/RES/2021/27United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable DiseasesCompare with previous version
  • 2020E/RES/2020/22United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable DiseasesCompare with previous version
  • 2019E/RES/2019/9United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable DiseasesCompare 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?

5 topics
Disease ControlDisease PreventionFinancial ResourcesNon-Communicable DiseasesTask Forces

What does this mandate say?

13 operative paragraphs
1
Takes note of the report of the Director General of the World Health Organization on the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases and the recommendations contained therein, including to report to the Economic and Social Council in 2019 on progress made in implementing Council resolution 2013/12;
2
Recognizes that the requests in its resolution 2016/5 for members of the Task Force to provide support to Member States to reflect the non-communicable disease-related targets included in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in national development plans and policies cannot be fulfilled with the current resources;
3
Calls upon Member States and international development partners to provide financial or in-kind support for the work of the Task Force, and invites other stakeholders, including the private sector, as appropriate, philanthropic foundations and civil society, to also provide support in this regard;
4
Welcomes the financial or in-kind support provided by Member States and international development partners for the work of the Task Force;
5
Calls upon the Task Force and its members to continue to work together and with philanthropic foundations, civil society and the private sector, as appropriate, to identify additional resources to provide support to Member States;
6
Encourages the Task Force and its members, including through United Nations country teams, to intensify the provision of technical support to Member States in collaboration with other such existing task forces or similar mechanisms, at the regional and subregional levels, as appropriate, in order to achieve the non-communicable disease-related targets as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
7
Urges national Governments, the private sector as appropriate, and bilateral and multilateral donors, including the World Bank and regional development banks, to explore financing for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases and mobilizing the provision of adequate, predictable and sustained resources for the programmatic work of the Task Force, including the four global joint programmes, in order to scale up Task Force support to Member States;
8
Calls upon the Task Force and its members to develop partnerships to achieve public health goals with Governments, non-governmental organizations, relevant private sector entities, academic institutions and philanthropic foundations to support the work of the Task Force at the global, regional and country levels within the mandate of the Task Force as set out in resolution 2013/12;
9
Requests the Task Force to further support Member States in the prevention and treatment of non-communicable diseases, as well as support for research and development of vaccines and medicines and the provision of access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all, as well as strengthening regulatory systems, pursuing good supply-chain management and strengthening health systems for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases;
10
Calls upon the Task Force and its members to strengthen its capacity to provide technical and policy advice to Governments in order to implement multisectoral strategies and enhance multi-stakeholder action, including with the private sector, with a view to strengthening their contribution to the implementation of national responses to non-communicable diseases;
11
Also calls upon the Task Force and its members, within its mandate, to support, upon request, the capacity of Member States for improved regulatory and legal frameworks that promote favourable health outcomes for non-communicable diseases;
12
Encourages members of the Task Force, as appropriate and in line with their respective mandates, to continue to develop and implement their own policies on preventing tobacco industry interference, bearing in mind the model policy for agencies of the United Nations system on preventing tobacco industry interference, in order to ensure a consistent and effective separation between the activities of the United Nations system and those of the tobacco industry;
13
Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Council at its 2019 session on progress achieved in implementing resolution 2013/12, under the sub-item entitled “Prevention and control of non-communicable diseases” of the item entitled “Coordination, programme and other questions”, following up on the decisions taken by the General Assembly at the comprehensive review in 2018 of the progress achieved in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases.

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