Global health and foreign policy: a healthier world through better nutrition A/RES/73/132 World Organization for Animal Health and other relevant stakeholders, such as the United Nations Environment Programme and the Codex Alimentarius Commission, reaffirming the importance of the political declaration of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on antimicrobial resistance, 11 looking forward to the report on the issue to be submitted by the Secretary-General for consideration by Member States at the seventy-third session of the Assembly, and recognizing also the results of the efforts made by the ad hoc inter-agency coordination group on antimicrobial resistance, Recognizing also that coordinated health, social, economic and nutrition-related policies are needed to address the health of the most vulnerable and marginalized, who are often victims of inequity, inequality, discrimination, stigmatization, social exclusion and violence, and are the most exposed to health risk factors, owing mostly to their poor living conditions, poor health literacy and lack of access to health care and other relevant services, Acknowledging that the promotion of health equity and the elimination of stigma and discrimination in health-care settings are important for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and building a more inclusive society whereby those who are vulnerable or in vulnerable situations, especially women and girls, older persons, indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, persons living with mental health conditions or psychological disabilities, and those living with, at risk of or affected by communicable diseases, including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and cholera, and non-communicable and other diseases, will have a better quality of life and well-being, and in this regard taking note of the joint United Nations statement on ending discrimination in health-care settings, Reiterating the importance of the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016–2025), and its call for, inter alia, the scaling up of implementation of national commitments and increasing investments for nutrition, Welcoming the United Nations Decade of Family Farming (2019–2028), and in this regard encouraging the full implementation of its resolution 72/239 of 20 December 2017, in which it recognized the role that family farms play in improving nutrition and ensuring global food security, eradicating poverty, ending hunger, conserving biodiversity, achieving environmental sustainability and helping to address migration, Recalling the World Health Organization Comprehensive Implementation Plan on Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition 12 and the World Health Organization Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases 2013–2020, 13 Taking note of the work of the Committee on World Food Security on preparing the draft voluntary guidelines on food systems and nutrition of the Committee, in support of the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016–2025), based on the twelfth report of the High Level Panel of Experts on Nutrition and Food Systems of the Committee, Acknowledging the convening of Nutrition for Growth events in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2016 and in Milan, Italy, in 2017, and the Partners ’ Forum 2018 in New Delhi in December 2018, by the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, and looking forward to the upcoming Nutrition for Growth summit in Tokyo in 2020, __________________ 11 12 13 18-21867 Resolution 71/3. See World Health Organization, document WHA65/2012/REC/1. See World Health Organization, document WHA66/2013/REC/1. 5/10