High-level Meeting on Non-communicable Diseases

Background

The General Assembly in its resolution A/RES/65/238 decided that the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases shall be held on 19 and 20 September 2011 in New York and that the high-level meeting shall 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.

General Assembly resolution A/RES/65/238 further requests the President of the General Assembly to organize, no later than June 2011 an informal interactive hearing with non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, the private sector and academia to provide an input to the preparatory process for the high-level meeting. This informal interactive hearing will take place on 16 June, as noted by the President of the General Assembly in his letter of 11 March.

H.E. Raymond Wolfe, Permanent Representative of Jamaica and H.E. Sylvie Lucas, Permanent Representative of Luxembourg have been appointed by the President of the General Assembly to act as co-facilitators and will hold timely, open, transparent and inclusive consultations with all Member States, with a view to adopting a concise and action-oriented outcome document.

Key Documents

• Political Declaration (A/66/L.1)
• Report by the Secretary-General on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (A/66/83)
  
• Scope, modalities, format and organization of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (A/RES/65/238)
• General Assembly Resolution on Prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (A/RES/64/265)

Civil Society Participation

• List of civil society representatives approved to attend the High-level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases
• Summary of the informal interactive civil society hearing (advanced unedited version)
• Program - Civil Society Hearing and Draft Annotated Agenda - Civil Society Hearing
• Civil Society Participation and Online Consultation for Civil Society Organizations
  

Resources

• Coverage of the HLM
  
• WHO High-Level Meeting Website
• Moscow Declaration, First Global Ministerial Conference on Healthy Lifestyles and Noncommunicable Disease Control
• 2008-2013 Action Plan for the Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases
• Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report by the Director-General of the World Health Organization on the global status of non-communicable diseases, with a particular focus on the development challenges faced by developing countries (A/65/362)

Letters

• Letter dated 12 September to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations transmitting a correction to the information note for the HLM on NCDs.
• Letter dated 9 September to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations transmitting the information note for the HLM on NCDs.
• Letter dated 22 July to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations transmitting a note on the organizational aspects of the high-level meetings in September.
• Letter dated 28 June to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations transmitting an advanced unedited summary of the informal interactive civil society hearing on NCDs.
• Letter dated 27 June to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations transmitting a list of civil society organizations for the HLM on NCDs.
• Letter dated 10 June to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations Information note on the organizational arrangements for the Civil Society Hearing for the High Level Meeting on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases.
  
• Letter dated 11 March to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations regarding the Civil Society Hearing for the High Level Meeting on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases on 16 June 2011.
• Letter dated 21 January 2011 to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations regarding the reappointment of the Co-Facilitators for the HLM on prevention and control of non-communicable diseases.
• Letter dated 14 October to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations regarding an appointment of the facilitators for the meeting on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases.
  

Contact Information

• Office of the President of the General Assembly: Ms.Martina Dragovic <dragovic1@ un.org>, Liaison Officer.