Background
The Fourth High-level Meeting of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) will be convened in 2025 as requested by Member States through resolution A/RES/73/2. The preparatory process will include high-level international and technical meetings, expert committees and consultations cosponsored by WHO and relevant partners, which may serve as technical inputs into the negotiations among Member States on the outcome document. Further, they may inform the recommendations to be included in the report of the WHO Director-General to the World Health Assembly 2025 through EB156 2025, titled Preparation for the Fourth High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases, to be held in 2025.
Objective
This web-based consultation will provide an opportunity for all Member States, UN organizations, non-State actors and individuals with lived experience of health conditions to submit comments on key priority areas to inform the recommendations to be considered in the WHO Director-General’s report to the World Health Assembly 2025.
Comments can be submitted from 1 May to 17 June 2024, by completing the form below which calls on key priority areas that can lead to action-oriented recommendations required to achieve the 6 objectives of the Global NCD Action Plan 2013–2030 (NCD-GAP), with an added focus on the promotion of mental health and well-being.
Download the feedback template here.
All completed forms can be sent by email to OnTheRoadTo2025@who.int within the timeline provided.
All inputs received during the web-based consultation will be published online.
Additional opportunities
- Additional opportunities to provide inputs to the draft report by the WHO Director-General will be made available through WHO regional offices through regional consultations to be held ahead of regional committee meetings in 2024.
- An additional consultation process will take place in September 2024 to provide an opportunity for all Member States, UN organizations, non-State actors and individuals with lived experience of health conditions to provide further inputs into the preparatory process. Specific details will be shared closer to the date.
Please note that any enquiry should be sent to OnTheRoadTo2025@who.int.
*Please note that a parallel consultation is taking place to collect inputs into the preparation for the International dialogue on sustainable financing for NCDs and mental health. To participate in this consultation, please visit here.