Resolutions

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The regional resolutions below on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) were discussed and adopted by the Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO’s decision-making body in this region) and the United Nations General Assembly. The resolutions are centered on commitments to implementing the UN Political Declaration on Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases, progress made and scaling up action to this effect.

Regional resolutions on NCDs

Noncommunicable diseases: scaling up implementation of the Political Declaration of the UN General Assembly

October 2014, Resolution adopted by the 61st session of the Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean

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 noncommunicable diseases

July 2014, Resolution adopted by the 68th session of the UN General Assembly

Follow-up to the UN Political Declaration on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases

October 2013, Resolution adopted by the 60th session of the Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean

The Political Declaration of the UN General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases: commitments of Member States and the way forward

October 2012, Resolution adopted by the 59th session of the Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean

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Global resolutions on NCDs

Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean

United Nations General Assembly

UN Political Declaration on Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases

Regional framework for action