A/RES/73/132
Global health and foreign policy: a healthier world through better nutrition
Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1 international
humanitarian law, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights 2 and the Constitution of the World Health Organization, 3
Reaffirming the right of every human being, without distinction of any kind, to
the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health and t o
a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of oneself and one’s
family, including adequate food, clothing and housing, and to the continuous
improvement of living conditions, with particular attention to the alarming situation
of millions of people for whom access to health-care services and medicines remains
a distant goal, in particular those who are vulnerable or in vulnerable situations,
Noting the significant role of the Foreign Policy and Global Health Initiative in
promoting synergies between foreign policy and global health, as well as the
contribution of the Oslo Ministerial Declaration of 2 0 March 2007, entitled “Global
health: a pressing foreign policy issue of our time”, 4 which was reaffirmed, with
renewed actions and commitments, in the ministerial communiqué of the Initiative,
entitled “Renewing 10 years of concerted efforts and preparing for new challenges”,
of 22 September 2017, 5
Reaffirming the commitment to fully and effectively implement the Beijing
Platform for Action, 6 the Programme of Action of the International Conference on
Population and Development 7 and the outcomes of their review conferences,
including the commitments relating to sexual and reproductive he alth and the
promotion and protection of all human rights,
Recognizing that women and girls play a vital role as agents of development,
acknowledging that achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women
and girls and the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls are
crucial to the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,
and recognizing also that nutrition and other related policies should be sensitive to
the needs of women and empower women and girls, thereby contributing to women’s
equal access to social protection and resources, including income, land, water,
finance, education, training, science and technology, and health services, thus
promoting food security and health,
Noting the importance of health across all the goals and targets of the 2030
Agenda on Sustainable Development, as well as the need for a holistic approach, in
particular, in this context, the essential role of food security, improved nutrition and
healthy diets and lifestyles in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, with a
view to leaving no one behind, reaching the furthest behind first,
Recognizing that health is a precondition for and an outcome and indicator of
all Sustainable Development Goals, that, despite progr ess made, challenges in global
health still remain, with special regard to inequities and vulnerabilities within and
among countries, regions and populations, and that investments in health contribute
to sustainable, inclusive economic growth, social development, environmental
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Resolution 217 A (III).
See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 14, No. 221.
A/63/591, annex.
A/72/559, annex.
Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4–15 September 1995 (United
Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II.
Report of the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, 5–13 September
1994 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XIII.18), chap. I, resolution 1, annex.
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