A/RES/72/309. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2018

• Year: 2018
• Resolution Number: A/RES/72/309
• Session: 72nd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES /72/ 309

General Assembly

Distr. : Genera l

17 Sept ember 2 018

18-150 52 (E) 19091 8

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Seventy -second ses sion

Agen da item 13

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 10 September 2018

[witho ut reference to a Ma in Commi ttee (A/7 2/L.68 and A/ 72/L. 68/A dd.1 )]

72/309. Consol idati ng gai ns and accelerating effo rts to control and

eliminate malaria in dev elopin g countries , particularly

in Africa, by 203 0

The General Assembly ,

Reaf firm ing the 2030 Ag enda fo r Susta inable D evelop ment,

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incl uding t he

resol ve of Member States to elimi nate ma laria b y 2030, and t he Addis Ab aba Acti on

Agen da of th e Third Internat ional Co nferen ce on F inancing for De velopme nt,

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Reca llin g t hat the period 2001– 2010 w as proc laimed by the Genera l Assembl y

as t he Decad e to Ro ll Back Malaria in Deve loping Countri es, Part icularl y in Afric a,

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and that combat ing HI V/AIDS, malar ia, t uberculo sis an d othe r dis eases is inc luded

in the int ernation ally agree d d evelopme nt goals, inc luding the Su stainabl e

Deve lopment Goals,

Reca lling also i ts resolu tion 71/32 5 of 11 S eptembe r 2017 and all p revious

resol utions conce rning the s truggle again st mal aria i n dev eloping count ries,

part icularly in Africa ,

Reca lling furt her World He alth Assemb ly resolu tions 60. 18 of 23 M ay 2007 and

64.17 of 2 4 May 2011, ur ging a broad range of na tional and in ternatio nal ac tions to

scal e up ma laria co ntrol pr ogramme s,

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resol ution 61 .18 of 24 May 200 8 o n

moni toring the achiev ement of health -related Mil lennium Dev elopmen t Goa ls

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and

resol ution 68. 2 o f 22 May 201 5 on the glob al technic al strate gy and target s for malari a

2016 –203 0,

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Resolut ion 70 /1.

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Resolut ion 69 /313 , a nnex.

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See res olution 55/28 4.

4

See World Health Organ ization , docu ments WHASS 1/2006 -WHA6 0/2007 /REC/1 and

WHA6 4/2 011/R EC/ 1.

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See World Health Organ ization , docu ment W HA61/2 008/RE C/1.

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See World Health Organ ization , docu ment W HA68/2 015/RE C/1.