Global health and foreign policy: addressing the health of the most vulnerable for an inclusive society A/RES/72/139 protection mechanisms, including through community outreach and private sector engagement, and with the support of the international community, Recognizing the importance of giving due consideration to all the rights of indigenous peoples, including the right to access, without any discrimination, all social and health services, and an equal right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Underscoring the need for far-reaching partnerships for global health to support the promotion of, inter alia, gender equality and women’s empowerment and ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and women’s and girls’ full enjoyment of all human rights, so as to contribute to the eradication o f poverty and to economic and social development, including improved health outcomes, Recognizing that women and girls play a vital role as agents of development, and acknowledging that realizing gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls is crucial to making progress across all Sustainable Development Goals and targets, Recognizing also the essential contribution that older persons can continue to make to the functioning of societies and towards the implementation of the 2030 Agenda if adequate guarantees are in place, and concerned that many health systems are not sufficiently prepared to respond to the needs of the rapidly ageing population, including the need for promotive, preventive, curative, palliative and specialized care, Recognizing further the positive contributions made by migrants to inclusive growth and sustainable development, and reaffirming the right of all refugees and migrants to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Recognizing the special needs of people living in areas affected by complex humanitarian emergencies, and expressing concern that the most vulnerable in areas affected by conflicts often have no or limited access to health services, 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, reaching those who are vulnerable or in vulnerable situations, and capable of effe ctively implementing the International Health Regulations (2005), 6 ensuring pandemic preparedness and the prevention and detection of and response to any outbreaks, Recognizing the challenge of antimicrobial resistance, which requires multisectoral actions, and the importance of the political declaration of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on antimicrobial resistance, 7 including the report to be submitted by the Secretary-General for consideration by Member States by the seventy-third session of the Assembly, Underscoring the importance of motivated, well-trained and appropriately equipped health professionals and health workers in decent jobs, to build a sustained and resilient health system and contribute towards the achievement of sustaina ble universal health coverage and the protection of health workers during emergencies, Recalling the Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Health, adopted at the 2011 World Conference on Social Determinants of Health, which reaffirmed that health inequities within and between countries are politically, socially and economically unacceptable, as well as unfair and largely avoidable, and noting __________________ 6 7 17-22392 World Health Organization, document WHA58/2005/REC/1, resolution 58.3, annex. Resolution 71/3. 3/9