Fifty-first Regional Committee for Europe: Madrid, 10–13 September 2001: draft resolution: progress report on the European Alcohol Action Plan, including follow-up to the WHO Ministerial Conference on Young People and Alcohol

WORLD HEAL TH ORGANIZATION REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE COPENHAGEN REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR EUROPE Fifty-first session, Madrid, 10-13 September 2001 DRAFT RESOLUTION EUR/RC5 l/Conf.Doc.n 4July200! 10196M ORIGINAL: ENGLISH PROGRESS REPORT ON THE EUROPEAN ALCOHOL ACTION PLAN, fNCLUDING FOLLOW-UP TO THE WHO MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON YOUNG PEOPLE AND ALCOHOL The Regional Committee, Recalling the Health for All policy framework for the European Region for the twenty-first century that it endorsed in 1998 (by resolution EURJRC48/R5); Recalling resolution EUR/RC42/R8, by which it approved the first and second phases of the European Alcohol Action Plan; Recalling the European Charter on Alcohol endorsed at the European Conference on Health, Society and Alcohol (Paris, 12-14 December 1995); Recalling also resolution EURJRC49/R8, by which it endorsed the third phase of the European Alcohol Action Plan (2000-2005); Noting document EUR/RC5 l/ 10, which reviews the progress on the European Alcohol Action Plan, including the WHO European Ministerial Conference on Young People and Alcohol (Stockholm, 19-21 February 2001), and contains proposals for the follow-up to the Conference; Having considered the Declaration on Young People and Alcohol that was unanimously adopted at the Ministerial Conference; EUR/RCS I/Conf.Doc./7 page 2 I. ENDORSES the Declaration as the leading policy statement of the European Region of the WorldHealth Organization on young people and alcohol; 2. URGES Member States:(a) to continue to carry out the European Alcohol Action Plan and to give effect to the policylaid down in the Declaration, namely to protect the health of young people from the hazards of alcohol and other psychoactive drugs; (b) to formulate and monitor progress towards the targets as identified in the Declaration;(c) to involve young people's organizations in developing and implementing policies andprogrammes that are particularly relevant to their own health and wellbeing; (d) to integrate policies and programmes on young people and alcohol in comprehensive publichealth policies on alcohol, in line with the European Alcohol Action Plan; 3. REQUESTS the Regional Director:(a) to strengthen the development of a European alcohol information system as an important partof the public health evidence base; (b) to reinforce partnerships with other international and supranational organizations in order topursue the aims of the European Alcohol Action Plan and the Declaration; (c) to make provision for strengthened support from the Regional Office to Member States forimplementation of the European Alcohol Action Plan; (d) to ensure continued strong support for implementation of the Action Plan and theDeclaration, by allocating adequate resources for this purpose.