66/2 GA
Political Declaration of the High Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases
66
Session
| Draft symbol | A/66/L.1 |
|---|---|
| Adopted symbol | 66/2 |
| UN Document | 66/2 ↗ |
Vote Consensus — A/66/PV.3
Speeches following this vote (20)
The Acting President
I should like to express my sincere thanks to Her Excellency Ms. Sylvie Lucas, Permanent Representative of Luxembourg, and his Excellency Mr. Raymond Wolfe, Permanent Representative of Jamaica, who so ably and patiently conducted the complex negotiations in the informal consultations to bring them to a successful conclusion. I know from personal experience how demanding such consultations can be,…
The Acting President
The Assembly will now hear an address by His Excellency Mr. Danilo Türk, President of the Republic of Slovenia.
President Türk: We gather today for a unique meeting with a uniquely important purpose — to put in place an effective global front against the spread of non-communicable diseases and to start eliminating some of the major threats to human life in our era. We owe gratitude to all those …
The Acting President
The Assembly will now hear an address by Her Excellency Ms. Dilma Rousseff, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil.
President Rousseff (spoke in Portuguese; English text provided by the delegation): I would like to congratulate the United Nations and the World Health Organization (WHO) on having convened this High-level Meeting on chronic non-communicable diseases. The success we have ac…
The Acting President
The Assembly will now hear an address by His Excellency Mr. Marcus Stephen, President of the Republic of Nauru, who will speak on behalf of the Pacific small island developing States.
President Stephen: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are among the most underappreciated barriers to sustainable development. I commend the General Assembly for adopting resolution 64/265 and view this High-level Me…
The Acting President
The Assembly will now hear an address by His Excellency Pál Schmitt, President of the Republic of Hungary.
President Schmitt: It is an honour and pleasure for me to represent the Republic of Hungary at this High-level Meeting on non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Allow me to emphasize that Hungary aligns itself with the views expressed on behalf of the European Union.
During recent years, we hav…
The Acting President
The Assembly will now hear an address by His Excellency Mr. Hifikepunye Pohamba, President of the Republic of Namibia.
President Pohamba: Like other countries around the world, Namibia faces growing incidences of non-communicable diseases. These include cardiovascular diseases, cancers of various types, chronic lung diseases, such as asthma, and diabetes. Namibia has also documented high rates o…
The Acting President
The Assembly will now hear an address by His Excellency Mr. Robert Gabriel Mugabe, President of the Republic of Zimbabwe.
President Mugabe: I would like to begin by thanking the President of the General Assembly for having organized this pioneering meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases. May I assure the President that my delegation attaches gr…
The Acting President
The Assembly will now hear an address by Her Excellency Ms. Micheline Calmy-Rey, President of the Swiss Confederation.
President Calmy-Rey (spoke in French): Non-communicable diseases have become not just an urgent public health problem, but a major political issue because of their impact on our societies and economies. These diseases pose a global challenge that concerns us all, whether in deve…
The Acting President
The Assembly will now hear an address by His Excellency Mr. Abdoulaye Wade, President of the Republic of Senegal.
President Wade (spoke in French): The initiative taken by the United Nations to convene this High-level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases demonstrates the farreaching impact of such infections and the need to ensure that our people understand them bet…
The Acting President
I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Alexandre Manguele, Minister for Health of the Republic of Mozambique.
Mr. Manguele
In my country, the main public health problems are still related to communicable diseases. The burden of malaria, HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis and related diseases is quite high, resulting in high mortality rates. However, in recent years, due to environmental factors, lifestyle changes, development and increasing urbanization, among others, we are seeing an increase in non-communicable diseases. T…
The Acting President
The Assembly will now hear an address by His Excellency Mr. Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of the Gabonese Republic.
President Bongo Ondimba (spoke in French): At the outset, I would like to congratulate Ambassador Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session, and to commend the excellent job done by his predecessor, Mr. Joseph Dei…
The Acting President
I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Naman Keita, Minister of Health of the Republic of Guinea.
Mr. Keita
Along with specific issues related to maternal and child health, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) represent for our countries a heavy emerging burden in addition
to the burden of contagious or infectious diseases such as malaria, HIV and tuberculosis.
The situation in our country, Guinea, relating to the main NCDs is as follows. The incidence of diabetes among the population is 5.7 per cent in …
The Acting President
The Assembly will now hear an address by Her Excellency Mrs. Kamla Persad-
Bissessar, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
Mrs. Persad-Bissessar
I have a question for those who are participating in this High-level Meeting today. I would like to know, by show of hands, how many here suffer from one of these non-communicable diseases (NCDs), or have close family members who do. The fact that a number of people raised their hand underscores the significance of this very important discussion we are having here today.
At this gathering of wor…
The Acting President
The Assembly will now hear an address by Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.
Sheikh Hasina (Bangladesh): I am happy to speak before the General Assembly on the issue of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which are a growing development challenge in Bangladesh and the world alike. I hope that our meeting today will help to raise concern and enhance …
The Acting President
The Assembly will now hear an address by His Excellency Mr. Ralph E. Gonsalves, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Mr. Gonsalves
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines aligns itself fully with the statement delivered on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) by His Excellency the President of the Republic of Suriname. Given the limited time allotted to speakers in this High-level Meeting, I will not seek to be exhaustive in my remarks, but merely add to those who have spoken before me on this important issue. Four years ago…
The Acting President
The Assembly will now hear an address by His Excellency Mr. Freundel Stuart, Prime Minister and Minister for National Security of Barbados.
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