Looking ahead to the Fourth High-level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly (HLM4) in 2025 when the World Health Assembly has settled on a deadline for a set of 9 voluntary global targets for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).
The preparatory process leading to the Fourth High-level Meeting will include meetings cosponsored by WHO which may result in recommendations that, in turn, may serve as an input into the development of chapter 6 (Recommendations) of the 2024 progress report of the United Nations Secretary-General, as well as the preparatory process and the Fourth High-level Meeting itself.
The current list of meetings includes:
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
The Political Declaration of the Third High-level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable diseases (resolution A/RES/73/2) requests the United Nations Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly, by the end of 2024, for consideration by Member States, a report on the progress achieved in the implementation of the 2011, 2014 and 2018 Political Declarations on NCDs.
Taking into account WHO’s leadership and coordination role in promoting and monitoring global action against NCDs, including in relation to the work of other relevant United Nations agencies, development banks, and other regional and international organizations in addressing NCDs in a coordinated manner, the WHO Director-General will prepare the report, in consultation with Member States, on behalf of the Secretary-General.
The format of the report in 2024 will be similar to the format used as previous reports and will include:
Key resolutions, decisions and commitments on NCDs
The road to 2025 builds on key World Health Assembly resolutions, decisions and commitments made by Member States to advance the NCD agenda, including:
Previous reports of the United Nations Secretary-General on the progress made in the prevention and control of NCDs
WHO Progress Monitor on NCDs
Reports of the WHO Director-General on the progress made in the prevention and control of NCDs
Related events
NCD data portal
The noncommunicable diseases data portal aims to raise awareness on progress in tackling NCDs and their risk factors and strengthen accountability for action by countries. It displays data to highlight current status of NCD mortality, morbidity and risk factor exposures, and track global and national progress against key targets, identify common challenges, and signpost useful resources.