A/RES/66/2 United Nations Distr.: General 24 January 2012 General Assembly Sixty-sixth session Agenda item 117 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 September 2011 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/66/L.1)] 66/2. Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases The General Assembly Adopts the Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases annexed to the present resolution. 3rd plenary meeting 19 September 2011 Annex Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases We, Heads of State and Government and representatives of States and Governments, assembled at the United Nations on 19 and 20 September 2011, to address the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases worldwide, with a particular focus on developmental and other challenges and social and economic impacts, particularly for developing countries, 1. Acknowledge that the global burden and threat of non-communicable diseases constitutes one of the major challenges for development in the twenty-first century, which undermines social and economic development throughout the world and threatens the achievement of internationally agreed development goals; 2. Recognize that non-communicable diseases are a threat to the economies of many Member States and may lead to increasing inequalities between countries and populations; 3. Recognize the primary role and responsibility of Governments in responding to the challenge of non-communicable diseases and the essential need for the efforts and engagement of all sectors of society to generate effective responses for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases; 11-45894 *1145894* Please rec cle ♲