Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases
September 18, 2011 The document, released by the United Nations General Assembly, outlines procedures to prevent and control non-communicable diseases, which accounted for 36 million out of 57 million global deaths in 2008. It describes objectives to strengthen multisectoral national policies and health systems plans. Also, it calls for international cooperation in engaging non-health actors and key stakeholders, fostering partnerships between government and civil society, and promoting the capacity-building of non-communicable disease-related non-governmental organizations at national and regional levels. The World Health Organization is called upon to prepare recommendations for a set of voluntary . . .
