WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉ

R E S O L U T I O N

REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR COMITE RÉGIONAL DU

THE WESTERN PACIFIC PACIFIQUE OCCIDENTAL

WPR/RC67.R5
13 October 2016

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

The Regional Committee,

Recalling United Nations General Assembly resolution A/RES/70/1 on Transforming our

world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals

(SDGs) endorsed by world leaders in September 2015;

Reaffirming World Health Assembly resolution WHA69.11 on Health in the 2030 Agenda

for Sustainable Development, as well as WHA67.14 and WHA66.11 on Health in the post-2015

development agenda;

Recognizing the achievements and lessons learnt in implementing the Millennium

Development Goals (MDGs) in the Western Pacific Region;

Noting that the SDGs go beyond the MDGs and cover a wide range of ambitious and

interdependent challenges, and commit to leave no one behind;

Emphasizing that the SDGs present a new role for the health sector in employing

whole-of-government and whole-of-society approaches;

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Acknowledging the importance of social mobilization as a driver for bottom-up change to

achieve the SDGs;

Reaffirming that universal health coverage (UHC) is an SDG target and also provides

a comprehensive framework for action towards achieving the other health-related SDG targets;

Recognizing that actions by Member States are guided by the Western Pacific regional action

framework on Universal Health Coverage: Moving Towards Better Health, endorsed by the Regional

Committee in October 2015, and other strategies adopted at regional and global levels;

Noting the diversity in policies, structures and health systems of Member States across the

Western Pacific Region;

Having reviewed the draft Regional Action Agenda on Achieving the Sustainable

Development Goals in the Western Pacific,

1. ENDORSES the Regional Action Agenda on Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

in the Western Pacific;

2. URGES Member States:

(1) to utilize the action agenda to develop country-specific policies and actions to

accelerate progress towards achievement of the SDGs;

(2) to incorporate action on health equity and the social determinants of health as part of

national UHC road maps;

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(3) to strengthen mechanisms to monitor progress, share knowledge and learn from

experiences;

(4) to build health sector capacity to implement evidence-based and equity-focused

policies for achieving health-related SDG targets;

(5) to mobilize and invest technical and financial resources to engage with all

stakeholders in working towards health-related SDG targets;

3. REQUESTS the Regional Director:

(1) to facilitate policy dialogue and provide technical support in line with the

Regional Action Agenda on Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the

Western Pacific;

(2) to provide technical support for communications, and social and political

mobilization on the SDGs, including a regional platform to engage with parliamentarians

and other stakeholders;

(3) to report periodically on progress towards achieving the health-related SDG targets.

Seventh meeting, 13 October 2016