77/300 GA
Mental health and psychosocial support
77
Session
| Draft symbol | A/77/L.77 |
|---|---|
| Adopted symbol | 77/300 |
| Sponsors (3) | |
| UN Document | 77/300 ↗ |
Mexico
Vote Consensus — A/77/PV.84
Speeches following this vote (14)
The President
Before giving the floor for explanations of position following adoption, may I remind delegations that explanations are limited to 10 minutes and should be made by delegations from their seats.
Ms. Skoglund
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the European Union (EU) and its 27 member States. The candidate countries North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the potential candidate country Georgia, as well as Monaco, align themselves with this statement.
It was just over three years ago that economies and societies …
Mr. Al Busaidi
I am honoured to deliver this statement on behalf of the delegations of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC),
namely, the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the State of Qatar, the State of Kuwait and my own country, the Sultanate of Oman.
At the outset, our States express their thanks and appreciation to the delegation of Mexico for its efforts in facilita…
Ms. Korac
I have the honour to deliver the statement on behalf of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and my own country, the United States.
We were pleased to co-sponsor, and, in my country’s case, join the consensus on resolution 77/300, entitled “Mental health and psychosocial support”, which is the first resolution to address mental health adopted by the General Assembly. We would like …
Mrs. Bonilla Alarcón
My delegation would like to thank the delegation of Mexico for introducing and facilitating the
important resolution 77/300. Guatemala is committed to continuing to work to ensure a healthy life that promotes well-being at all ages, which is critical to achieving sustainable development.
Sustainable Development Goal 3 is linked not only to physical health but also to mental health and is one of…
Mr. Ghadirkhomi
My delegation joined the consensus on the adoption of resolution 77/300. Meanwhile, we would express our concern regarding the lack of transparency in the process of informal consultations on the draft resolution.
We note that many technical views were disregarded in the latest version; in spite of disagreements among Member States on many paragraphs, the text was presented to the General Assemb…
Mr. Poveda Brito
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is delivering this statement as an explanation of position on resolution 77/300, entitled “Mental health and psychosocial support”, facilitated by the delegation of Mexico and submitted jointly by a group of countries.
First, Venezuela thanks the delegation of Mexico for facilitating that process and for its delegation’s
readiness to promote dialogue and dis…
Mr. Siringoringo
Indonesia would like to join others in extending our appreciation to the delegation of Mexico for its leadership in facilitating this first-ever General Assembly resolution on mental health (resolution 77/300).
We welcome the importance of the resolution. Having said that, we would like to register our disassociation from the seventeenth preambular paragraph and explain our position on operative…
Mr. Mohamed
Egypt’s delegation welcomes the initiative of the Mexican delegation to include the issue of mental health and psychosocial support in the discussions of the General Assembly. This is an opportunity for us to emphasize the international commitment to strengthen efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 by 2030, taking into consideration the close and complementary relationship betwe…
Ms. Ochoa Espinales
Our delegation would like to take the floor to explain our position following the adoption of resolution 77/300, entitled “Mental health and psychosocial support”.
Our delegation would like to stress the lack of goodwill in the negotiation process, as the position of the 28 countries that stated repeatedly, throughout the more than two months of negotiations, that language must be included in th…
Mr. Komarkov
At the outset, we would like to thank Mexico for this useful initiative. For the first time in the history of the General Assembly, we have adopted a resolution on mental health protection (resolution 77/300).
Today there is a need to pay particular attention to measures to protect people’s mental health, as the coronavirus disease pandemic led to a crisis in that area. According to World Health…
Mrs. Mozgovaya
Belarus would like to thank the delegation of Mexico for introducing resolution 77/300. We understand the importance and pertinence of this issue, so we joined consensus.
Unfortunately, we cannot but note that the paragraph on the impact of unilateral coercive measures on the health-care sector, which was broadly supported by delegations at each stage of the negotiation process, was not reflecte…
Mrs. Asaju
My delegation would like to thank Mexico and the core group for facilitating resolution 77/300. We equally thank the World Health Organization for its technical support.
The resolution is extremely important to my delegation with regard to ensuring the provision of adequate, accessible, affordable and quality treatment and care to persons with mental disorders and
psychosocial disabilities. My …
The Acting President
We have heard the last speaker in explanation of position after the adoption.
The General Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of agenda item 128.
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