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

Appeals to the international community to work towards increased and sustained bilateral and multilateral assistance to combat malaria, including support for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, in order to assist States, in particular malaria-endemic countries, to implement sound national plans to control malaria in a sustained and equitable way; urges malaria-endemic countries to work towards financial sustainability, to increase, to the extent possible, domestic resource allocation to malaria control and to create favourable conditions for working with the private sector in order to improve access to good-quality malaria services; calls upon Member States, in particular malaria-endemic countries, to establish and/or strengthen national policies and operational plans, aspiring to ensure that at least 80% of those at risk of or suffering from malaria may benefit from major preventive and curative interventions by 2010; urges Member States to assess and respond to the needs for integrated human resources at all levels of the health system and to take actions, as appropriate, to effectively govern the recruitment, training and retention of health personnel; requests relevant international organizations, in particular the World Health Organization and the UN Children's Fund, to assist efforts of national Governments to establish universal protection of young children and pregnant women in malaria-endemic countries, particularly in Africa, with insecticide-treated nets as rapidly as possible; urges Member States, the international community and all relevant actors, including the private sector, to promote the coordinated implementation and enhance the quality of malaria-related activities, including via the Roll Back Malaria Partnership; requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its 61st session on the implementation of the present resolution under the agenda item entitled "2001-2010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa".

Adopted without vote, 69th plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 60th sess., Suppl. no. 49.