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

E/RES/2024/17View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the Economic and Social Council, under agenda item 12dPrevention and control of noncommunicable diseases, published in 2024.

What other versions does this mandate have?

11 versions · 2013–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is E/RES/2025/30

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2021E/RES/2021/27United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable DiseasesCompare with previous version
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2019E/RES/2019/9United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable DiseasesCompare with previous version

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Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

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What subjects does this mandate have?

4 topics

Disease Control Disease Prevention Noncommunicable Diseases Task Forces

What does this mandate say?

11 operative paragraphs

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 2024 on progress made in implementing Council resolution 2013/12 and the 2023 report of the Director General that described the progress of the Task Force over the past 10 years;

Commends the Task Force for its activities aimed at supporting Member States in the achievement of the non-communicable disease-related targets of the Sustainable Development Goals as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;

Requests the Task Force to further support Member States in their efforts to address the burden of non-communicable diseases, including health promotion and disease prevention, maintaining essential health-care services and their timely delivery, providing evidence-based digital health programmes, promoting research and development of and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable diagnostics, therapeutics, essential medicines, vaccines and other health technologies, inter alia, through various related initiatives, as well as through strengthening health systems, including regulatory frameworks and good supply chain management, and through primary health care, as appropriate, paying particular attention to the needs of people living with or at risk of developing non-communicable diseases, in particular those in vulnerable situations;

Calls upon the members of the Task Force to continue to work together to identify additional technical resources to enhance their support to Member States in line with the Task Force strategy for 2022–2025;

Also calls upon the members of the Task Force to support Member States in scaling up digital health interventions, for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases and the promotion of mental health and well-being;

Encourages members of the Task Force, within their respective mandates, to continue collaboration among each other and to support Member States, upon their request, in promoting improved nutrition, healthy diets and lifestyles;

Requests the Task Force to continue to strengthen inter-agency work and communication, including by engaging with relevant stakeholders, as appropriate, to achieve public health goals;

Calls upon the Task Force and its members, within its mandate, to support, upon request, the capacity of Member States for improved regulatory, fiscal and legal frameworks that promote favourable health outcomes for non-communicable diseases and mental health;

Calls upon bilateral and multilateral donors, as well as other stakeholders, including philanthropic foundations, civil society and the private sector, as appropriate, to mobilize human and financial resources for the programmatic work of the Task Force, including through the Health4Life Fund;

Encourages members of the Task Force, as appropriate and in line with their respective mandates, to support Member States that are parties to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products in their national capacities and efforts to implement the Framework Convention, as well as to continue to develop and implement their own policies on preventing tobacco industry interference, including those related to novel and emerging tobacco products, bearing in mind the model policy for agencies of the United Nations system on preventing tobacco industry interference, in order to ensure consistent and effective separation between the activities of the United Nations system and those of the tobacco industry;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Council at its 2025 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”, taking note of the discussion on the periodicity of the consideration of the sub-item.

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