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

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 that, inter alia, contributes to health system development; requests relevant international organizations, in particular the World Health Organization and the UNICEF, to assist efforts of national Governments to establish universal protection of young children and pregnant women in malaria-endemic countries, particularly in Africa; urges all Member States experiencing resistance to conventional monotherapies to replace them with combination therapies; resolves to assist developing countries to employ the flexibilities outlined in the TRIPS Agreement in the fight against malaria and to strengthen their capacities for this purpose.

Adopted without vote, 84th plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 61st sess., Suppl. no. 49.