79/2. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2024

• Year: 2024
• Resolution Number: 79/2
• Date: 11 October 2024
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation
• Session: 79e

United Nations

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/RES /79/ 2

General Assembly

Distr. : Genera l

11 October 2024

24-18680 (E)

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Seventy -ninth sessi on

Agen da item 127

Global health and f oreign polic y

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 7 October 2024

[witho ut reference to a Mai n Commit tee (A/7 9/L.5)]

79/2.

Political dec larati on of the h igh-level m eeting on

antimicrobial resista nce

The General Assembl y

Adop ts t he polit ical dec laration of the h igh-le vel meet ing on a ntimicr obial

resi stance, held on 26 Sep tember 2024 in accor dance with its resolu tion 78/26 9 of

25 Marc h 2024, as cont ained in the ann ex to th e prese nt resol ution.

18th plenary meeting

7 Oc tober 20 24

Annex

Politi cal declarati on of the hi gh-level m eeting on a ntimicrobial resistance

We, Head s o f S tate and Go vernmen t a nd repres entative s o f States an d

Gove rnments , are asse mbled at the United Nat ions on 26 Septe mber 2024, in

acco rdance with Gener al Asse mbly resolut ion 78/269 of 25 Marc h 20 24, t o rev iew

prog ress on global, r egional and nati onal eff orts to t ackle an timicro bial res istance, to

iden tify gaps and inve st in sus tainable sol utions to stren gthen and acc elerate

multi sectora l prog ress at al l leve ls, th rough a On e He alth approa ch, w ith a view to

scal ing up t he globa l effort to buil d a hea lthier w orld ba sed on e quity a nd leavi ng no

one behind, and in t his rega rd we:

1. Reco gnize that antimi crobial resis tance is o ne of the most urgen t glo bal

healt h t hreats and de velopm ent challen ges and dem ands imme diate acti on to

safeg uard ou r ability to trea t human , animal and plan t disea ses, as well as t o enhan ce

food safet y, f ood s ecurity and nutritio n, fos ter ec onomic develo pment, equity and a