The Helsinki Statement on Health in All Policies, June 2013

Building on our heritage, looking to our future:
The 8th Global Conference on Health Promotion was held in Helsinki, Finland from 10-14 June 2013. The meeting builds upon a rich heritage of ideas, actions and evidence originally inspired by the Alma Ata Declaration on Primary Health Care (1978) and the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (1986). These identified intersectoral action and healthy public policy as central elements for the promotion of health, the achievement of health equity, and the realization of health as a human right. Subsequent WHO global health promotion conferences1 cemented key principles for health promotion action. These principles have been reinforced in the 2011 Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Health, the 2011 Political Declaration of the UN High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases, and the 2012 Rio+20 Outcome Document (the Future We Want). They are also reflected in many other WHO frameworks, strategies and resolutions, and contribute to the formulation of the post-2015 development goals.

Source: http://www.who.int/healthpromotion/conferences/8gchp/statement_2013/en/

See full Statement here: http://www.who.int/healthpromotion/conferences/8gchp/8gchp_helsinki_statement.pdf


 

ICPD Beyond 2014 Declaration Affirms Africa’s Commitments to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, October 2013

Following a week of intense negotiations, the Addis Ababa Declaration on Population and Development in Africa beyond 2014 was adopted on Friday, October 4, 2013 at the conclusion of the Ministerial Segment of the African Regional Conference on Population and Development. The declaration contains strong commitments by African States on sexual and reproductive health and rights. It calls for universal access to sexual and reproductive health information and services, with particular attention to the needs of adolescents, as well as emergency contraception, comprehensive sexuality education and critical services for survivors of violence against women and girls.

Source: http://icpdtaskforce.org/icpd-beyond-2014-declaration-affirms-africas-commitments-to-sexual-and-reproductive-health-and-rights/

See full Declaration here: http://icpdtaskforce.org/resources/ICPD-2013-10-04-Declaration-on-Population-and-Development-in-Africa-beyond-2014.pdf
 

Madrid Declaration on Ethical Standards for Psychiatric Practice, 1986

Approved by the General Assembly of the World Psychiatric Association in Madrid, Spain, on August 25, 1996, and enhanced by the WPA General Assemblies in Hamburg, Germany on August 8, 1999, in Yokohama, Japan, on August 26, 2002, and in Cairo, Egypt, on September 12, 2005.
Source, and for full text of the Declaration see: http://www.wpanet.org/detail.php?section_id=5&content_id=48

 

Amsterdam Declaration to Stop TB, 2000

The Ministerial Conference on Tuberculosis & Sustainable Development, involving ministerial representatives from 20 high-burden countries comprising eighty percent of the global TB burden, met in Amsterdam, on this the first World TB Day of the new millennium, the twenty-fourth day of March in the year 2000. Expressing the urgent need for accelerated action against tuberculosis, a major killer of our people and a significant impediment to the development of our nations, the Conference adopted the Amsterdam Declaration to Stop TB.
Source: http://www.stoptb.org/events/meetings/amsterdam_conference/
See PDF of the document at: http://www.stoptb.org/assets/documents/events/meetings/amsterdam_conference/decla.pdf
 

The Abuja Declaration and the Plan of Action from The African Summit on Roll Back Malaria, 2000.

The African Summit on Roll Back Malaria was held in Abuja, Nigeria on the 25th of April 2000. It reflected a real convergence of political momentum, institutional synergy and technical consensus on malaria (and, to some extent, other infectious diseases issues). Forty four of the fifty malaria-affected countries in Africa attended the summit. y signing the Declaration the African leaders rededicated themselves to the principles and targets of the Harare Declaration of 1997. They committed themselves to an intensive effort to halve the malaria mortality for Africa's people by 2010, through implementing strategies and actions for Roll Back Malaria, as agreed at the Summit.
Source: http://www.rollbackmalaria.org/docs/abuja_declaration_final.htm
See PDF of the Abuja Declaration and the Plan of Action at: http://www.rbm.who.int/docs/abuja_declaration.pdf
 

Abuja Declaration On Hiv/Aids, Tuberculosis And Other Related Infectious Diseases, 2001

Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) met in Abuja, Nigeria from 26-27 April 2001, at a Special Summit devoted specifically to address the exceptional challenges of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Other Related Infectious Diseases, at the invitation of H.E. President Olusegun Obasanjo of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and in accordance with the agreement reached at the Thirty-Sixth Ordinary Session of their Assembly in Lomé, Togo from 10 to 12 July 2000.
Source: http://www.uneca.org/adf2000/abuja%20declaration.htm
 

Declaration of Committment on HIV/AIDS, 2001

In June 2001, Heads of State and Representatives of Governments met at the United Nations General Assembly Special Session dedicated to HIV/AIDS. The meeting recognized that the AIDS epidemic had caused untold suffering and death worldwide. The UN Special Session also served to remind the world that there was hope. With sufficient will and resources, communities and countries could change the course of the epidemic. Heads of State and Representatives of Governments issued the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS. This Declaration sets out a series of national targets and global actions to reverse the epidemic and Member States are required to submit Country Progress reports to the UNAIDS Secretariat every two years.
Source: http://www.unaids.org/en/aboutunaids/unitednationsdeclarationsandgoals/2001declarationofcommitmentonhivaids/
See PDF of the document at: http://www.unaids.org/en/media/unaids/contentassets/dataimport/publications/irc-pub03/aidsdeclaration_en.pdf
 

Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS, 2006

In 2006 UN Member States met to review progress achieved in realizing the targets set out in the 2001 Declaration on HIV/AIDS. A Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS was adopted unanimously by Member States on 2 June at the close of the United Nations General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS. It reaffirms the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Millennium Development Goals, in particular the goal to halt and begin to reverse the spread of AIDS by 2015. The Political Declaration also recognized the “urgent need to scale up significantly towards the goal of universal access to comprehensive prevention programmes, treatment, care and support by 2010.”
Source: http://www.unaids.org/en/aboutunaids/unitednationsdeclarationsandgoals/2006politicaldeclarationonhivaids/
See PDF of the document at: http://www.unaids.org/en/media/unaids/contentassets/dataimport/pub/report/2006/20060615_hlm_politicaldeclaration_ares60262_en.pdf
 

The Graz Declaration on Disability and Ageing, 2006

The Declaration issued on 9 June 2006 is an output of the European conference on “Disability and Ageing – Ageing and Disability”, held in Graz, Austria, including various stakeholders from both the disability and ageing field: People with physical, sensory and intellectual disabilities; Older people; Family and professional carers; Service providers; Authorities; Politicians and policy makers; Academics and researchers; and Health professionals.
See PDF of the document at: http://www.easpd.eu/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=eDUBIDI0HSU%3D&tabid=3531
 

Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine: Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine of 1997/2009.

The Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community entered into force on 1 December 2009. As a consequence, as from that date, any reference to the European Community shall be read as the European Union.
Source: http://conventions.coe.int/treaty/en/treaties/html/164.htm
 

Youth Declaration from 5th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights, 2009

Youth participants of the 5th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights, held in Beijing, China on 17-20 October 2009, called for policy makers and decision makers from government, donors, private sectors, as well as civil society to actively address sexual rights and reproductive health of young people as a global goal with specific time bound indicators.
Source: http://www.iwhc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3609&Itemid=1167
See PDF of the document at: http://www.iwhc.org/storage/iwhc/documents/Resources/apcrshr_youth_declaration.pdf
 

Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS - Intensifying our Efforts to Eliminate HIV/AIDS, 2011

Thirty years into the AIDS epidemic, and 10 years since the landmark UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS, leaders came together at the 2011 UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS from 8–10 June 2011 in New York. They reviewed progress and adopted a new Political Declaration that includes new commitments and bold new targets which will create momentum in the AIDS response.
Source: http://www.unaids.org/en/aboutunaids/unitednationsdeclarationsandgoals/2006politicaldeclarationonhivaids/
See PDF of the document at: http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/65/L.77
 

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