Sixty-sixth Regional Committee for Europe: Copenhagen, 12–15 September 2016: draft resolution: the Minsk Declaration on the Life-course Approach in the Context of Health 2020

W ORL D H E A LT H O RG A N I Z AT IO N R EG I ON A L O F F I C E FO R EU R O P E UN City, Marmorvej 51, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark Telephone: +45 45 33 70 00 Fax: +45 45 33 70 01 Email: eugovernance@who.int Web: http://www.euro.who.int/en/who-we-are/governance Regional Committee for Europe EUR/RC66/Conf.Doc./12 Rev.1 66th session Copenhagen, Denmark, 12–15 September 2016 11 September 2016 160592 Provisional agenda item 5(b) ORIGINAL: ENGLISH Draft resolution The Minsk Declaration on the Life-course Approach in the Context of Health 2020 The Regional Committee, Acknowledging the Minsk Declaration on the Life-course Approach in the Context of Health 2020 for reinforcing work on the Twelfth General Programme of Work 2014–2019 and all categories of the work of WHO; Recalling resolution EUR/RC62/R4, adopting Health 2020: a European policy framework supporting action across government and society for health and well-being,1 in which the life-course approach is the first priority area; Recalling the adoption of Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which established the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and (EU) in particular all its targets under (EU) SDGGoal 3 (Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages) (EU) and targets tackling wider health determinants;2 1 Document EUR/RC62/9. 2 United Nations General Assembly resolution A/RES/70/1. EUR/RC66/Conf.Doc./12 Rev.1 page 2 Noting that the life-course approach requires whole-of-government commitment to early, appropriate, timely and collective action to promote and protect health and well-being through various developmental phases and critical transitions in life; Further noting that the life-course approach confers benefits to the whole population across the lifespan, as well as benefits accruing to future generations; Having considered the outcome of the WHO European Ministerial Conference on the Life-course Approach in the Context of Health 2020, the Minsk Declaration on the Life-course Approach in the Context of Health 2020, adopted in Minsk, Belarus, in October 2015; Understanding that this resolution reinforces the implementation of the Health 2020 policy framework and is therefore expected to remain in force until 2020; Understanding that this resolution does not replace any previous Regional Committee resolutions; 1. (EU) ENDORSES Takes note with appreciation the Minsk Declaration on the Life-course Approach in the Context of Health 2020; 2. URGES Member States:3 (a) to make greater use of the life-course approach as a basis for assessing and monitoring the effectiveness of policies and programmes, for defining vulnerability and groups in need, and for the selection and delivery of high- impact interventions; (b) (EU) to consider further implementation research and the continuous development of national monitoring and evaluation frameworks for explicit assessment and reporting on well-being and quality of life across the life- course as a means of fostering dialogue and empowering participation in the collective pursuit of health, well-being and social justice; 3 And, where applicable, regional economic integration organizations. EUR/RC66/Conf.Doc./12 Rev.1 page 3 3. REQUESTS the Regional Director: (a) to make greater use of the life-course approach in needs assessments, selection of priorities, monitoring, evaluation and reporting at the regional level; (b) to pursue the aims and promote the values of the Minsk Declaration in partnership with all relevant stakeholders. = = =