A/RES/73/132
Global health and foreign policy: a healthier world through better nutrition
support the efforts of Member States in this regard, as well as to achieve health goals,
implement universal access to health services and address health challenges, and
increase food production and access to healthy and nutritious food and its utilization,
while taking into account different national circumstances and capacities and
respecting national policies and priorities,
Recognizing also the need to eradicate hunger and prevent all forms of
malnutrition worldwide, including undernourishment, stunting, wasting, underweight
and overweight in all age groups, in particular among children under 5 years of age,
and deficiencies in micronutrients, in particular vitamin A, iodine, iron and zinc,
among others, and conscious that multiple forms of malnutrition can affect all
countries, can occur not only within countries and communities but also within
households, and can affect the same person multiple times over his or her lifetime,
Recognizing further that undernutrition and overweight and obesity are
commonly referred to as the double burden of malnutrition, and expressing concern
about the burden of diet-related non-communicable diseases in all age groups and the
rising trends of undernourishment and overweight and obesity, as well as the increase
in anaemia among women and the still unacceptably high levels of stunting in
children, recognizing that rapid demographic, social and economic changes in many
countries have led to increased urbanization and changes in food systems, lifestyles,
eating habits and global consumption and production patterns that have brought about
a nutrition transition,
Expressing concern about the increasing number of people facing crisis-level
food insecurity or worse, up from almost 108 million in 2016 to 124 million in 2017
in countries affected by, inter alia, conflict and exacerbated by climate -related events,
environmental factors, including natural disasters, and excessive food price volatility,
Recognizing the essential contribution that older persons can continue to make
to the functioning of societies and towards the implementation of the 2030 Agenda
for Sustainable Development, and concerned that many health systems are not
sufficiently prepared to respond to the need for promotive, preventive, curative,
rehabilitative, palliative and specialized care,
Reaffirming the right of everyone, including refugees and migrants, to the
enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health , and noting
the references to health and food security in the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly
and Regular Migration and the references to health, food security and nutrition in the
global compact on refugees, respectively,
Recognizing the particular needs of people living in areas affected by complex
humanitarian emergencies, and expressing concern that the most vulnerable in areas
affected by armed conflicts as well as natural disasters often have no or limited access
to health services and to adequate nutritious foods to prevent hunger and promote
health and, moreover, that attacks against medical personnel and facilities have
immediate and long-term consequences for health-care systems,
Underlining the urgency of having strong and resilient health systems, with
adequately trained and remunerated health workers in decent jobs, reaching those who
are vulnerable or in vulnerable situations, and capable of effectively addressing all
health needs, including pandemic surveillance and preparedness and the
implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005), 10
Recognizing the global challenge of antimicrobial resistance, which requires
multisectoral actions, through the One Health approach involving the World Health
Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the
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