138th session Agenda item 6.2
EB138.R3 29 January 2016
WHO global plan of action to strengthen the role of the health system within a national multisectoral response to address interpersonal violence, in particular against women and girls, and against children The Executive Board, Having taken note of the report on the draft global plan of action on violence,1 as well as the result of WHO consultations, including extensive regional consultations, which includes the global plan of action to strengthen the role of the health system to address interpersonal violence, in particular against women and girls, and against children, as requested by resolution WHA67.15 (2014), RECOMMENDS to the Sixty-ninth World Health Assembly the adoption of the following resolution: The Sixty-ninth World Health Assembly, Having considered the draft WHO global plan of action to strengthen the role of the health system within a national multisectoral response to address interpersonal violence, in particular against women and girls, and against children; Recognizing that this global plan of action to strengthen the role of the health system within a national multisectoral response to address interpersonal violence, in particular against women and girls, and against children is a technical document informed by evidence, best practices and existing WHO technical guidance and that it offers a set of practical actions that Member States may take to strengthen their health systems to address interpersonal violence, in particular against women and girls, and against children, 1. ENDORSES the WHO global plan of action to strengthen the role of the health system within a national multisectoral response to address interpersonal violence, in particular against women and girls, and against children; 2. ENCOURAGES Member States to adapt at national level the WHO global plan of action to strengthen the role of the health system within a national multisectoral response to address interpersonal violence, in particular against women and girls, and against children, in line with 1
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the international commitments that Member States have already made, including to the Goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, while taking into account region-specific situations and in accordance with national legislation, capacities, priorities and specific national circumstances; 3. URGES Member States to implement the proposed actions, as appropriate, for Member States in the WHO global plan of action to strengthen the role of the health system within a national multisectoral response to address interpersonal violence, in particular against women and girls, and against children; 4. INVITES international, regional and national partners to implement the necessary actions to contribute to the accomplishment of the four strategic directions of the WHO global plan of action to strengthen the role of the health system within a national multisectoral response to address interpersonal violence, in particular against women and girls, and against children; 5. REQUESTS the Director-General: (1) to implement the proposed actions for the Secretariat in the WHO global plan of action to strengthen the role of the health system within a national multisectoral response to address interpersonal violence, in particular against women and girls, and against children; (2) to submit an interim report on the progress achieved in implementing the WHO global plan of action to strengthen the role of the health system within a national multisectoral response to address interpersonal violence, in particular against women and girls, and against children to the Seventy-first World Health Assembly, and a full report to the Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly. Twelfth meeting, 29 January 2016 EB138/SR/12
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