2001-2010 : Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Two thousand one-two thousand ten : Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa : resolution

Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the WHO and calls for support for the recommendations contained therein; calls upon the international community to continue to support the "Roll Back Malaria" partner organizations as complementary sources of support for the efforts of malaria-endemic countries to combat the disease; appeals to the international community to ensure increased support for bilateral and multilateral assistance to combat malaria in order to assist in the development of national plans to control malaria in malaria-endemic countries and their implementation in a sustained and equitable way that contributes to health system development; urges malaria-endemic countries to increase domestic resource allocation to malaria control; calls upon malaria-endemic countries to establish policies and programmes to ensure a rapid scale-up in the coverage of insecticide-treated nets to at least 60 per cent of those at risk; calls upon the international community to support investment in the development of new medicines and insecticides for the control of malaria in view of the challenging resistance of the parasite to anti-malarial medicines and the resistance of mosquitoes to insecticides; requests the Secretary-General to conduct an evaluation of the measures taken and progress made towards the achievement of the mid-term targets, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its 60th session.

Adopted without vote, 76th plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 59th sess., Suppl. no. 49.