Stresses the importance of achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals; emphasizes the need for further international cooperation to meet emerging, new and unforeseen threats and epidemics, such as the recent influenza A (H1N1) pandemic; stresses the importance of finalizing any remaining elements of the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework for the sharing of influenza viruses and access to vaccines and other benefits; urges Member States to affirm their commitment to the training of more health workers by promoting training in accredited institutions of a full spectrum of high-quality professionals; urges Member States to consider health issues in the formulation of foreign policy.

Adopted without vote, 62nd plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 64th sess., Suppl. no. 49.