He was a steadfast friend of the UN and during his historic address to the Assembly in 2015, he spoke of the Organization’s ideal of a “united human family living in harmony, working not only for peace, but in peace, working not only for justice, but in a spirit of justice”. By the details of the 10-page resolution, the Assembly urged Member States, as appropriate to, among other things, increase investment and consider establishing or building on innovative and sustainable financing mechanisms for comprehensive health promotion and disease prevention with a firm institutional base for its management and take actions towards ensuring a primary healthcare approach as a resilient foundation to achieve universal health coverage and good public health. Before adopting by consensus the draft resolution “Modalities, format and organization of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the appraisal of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons” (document A/79/L.79), the representative of the Russian Federation introduced an eponymous draft amendment (document A/79/L.80), which would replace operative paragraph 9 with the following text: “Requests the President of the General Assembly to draw up a list of representatives of other relevant non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, academic institutions and the private sector who may participate in the high-level meeting, including its panel discussions, taking into account the principles of transparency and equitable geographical representation, with due regard for gender parity, to submit the proposed list to Member States for their consideration on a non-objection basis and to bring the list to the attention of the Assembly before the high-level meeting, in a timely manner.”
Author: United Nations
Published at: 2025-04-29 22:03:15
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