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(f) Strengthening support to affected countries in order to respond to HIV
co-infection with tuberculosis, as well as multi-drug resistant and extensively drug
resistant tuberculosis, including through earlier detection of all forms of
tuberculosis;
(g) Sustaining national efforts and programmes, with the support of the
international community, to address the challenges posed by malaria by
strengthening effective prevention, diagnosis and treatment strategies, including by
ensuring the accessibility to and availability of affordable, quality and effective
medicines, generics, including artemisinin-combination therapy, as well as progress
in the use of long-lasting, safe insecticide-treated bed nets to combat malaria and
strengthening ongoing research for the prompt development of malaria vaccines;
(h) Renewing efforts to prevent and treat neglected tropical diseases,
prevention and treatment services for malaria and tuberculosis, including by
improving national health information systems, strengthening international
cooperation, accelerating further research and development, developing innovative
vaccines and medicines and adopting comprehensive prevention strategies;
(i) Undertaking concerted action and a coordinated response at the national,
regional and global levels in order to adequately address the developmental and
other challenges posed by non-communicable diseases, namely cardiovascular
diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes, working towards a
successful high-level meeting of the General Assembly in 2011;
(j) Increasing efforts to achieve universal access to HIV prevention,
treatment, care and support, strengthening the fight against malaria, tuberculosis and
other diseases, including by providing adequate funding for the Global Fund to
Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and through the agencies, funds and
programmes of the United Nations system and other multilateral and bilateral
channels, strengthening innovative financing mechanisms, as appropriate, and
contributing to the long-term sustainability of the response.
Millennium Development Goal 7 – Ensure environmental sustainability
77. We commit ourselves to accelerating progress in order to achieve Millennium
Development Goal 7, including by:
(a) Pursuing sustainable development, in accordance with the principles
contained in the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, 23 including the
principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, and taking into account the
respective capabilities of countries, with a view to effectively implementing the
outcomes of the major summits on sustainable development and addressing new and
emerging challenges;
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(b) Pursuing environmental sustainability through nationally owned
comprehensive and coherent planning frameworks and the adoption of national
legislation, in accordance with national circumstances and the appropriate
implementation capacity; supporting developing countries in this regard in building
capacity and providing financial resources; and promoting the development and
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Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3–14 June
1992, vol. I, Resolutions Adopted by the Conference (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.93.I.8 and
corrigendum), resolution 1, annex I.
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