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Executive board 122nd Session
EB122/Conf.Paper No.5, Agenda item 4.7
The Executive Board,
Having considered the report on strategies to reduce the harmful use of alcohol1, RECOMMENDS to the Sixty-first World Health Assembly the adoption of the following resolution:
The Sixty-first World Health Assembly, Having considered the report on strategies to reduce the harmful use of alcohol and noting that the report contains further guidance on strategies and policy element option to reduce harmful use of alcohol;
Reaffirming resolutions WHA32.402, WHA36.123, WHA42.204 and WHA57.165:
Recalling resolution WHA58.26 on public health problems caused by harmful use of alcohol and decision WHA60(10);
Noting the report by the Secretariat presented to the Sixtieth World Health Assembly on evidence-based strategies and interventions to reduce alcohol-related harm, including the addendum on a global assessment of public health problems caused by harmful use of alcohol 6;
Noting the second report of theWHO Expert Committee on Problems Related to Alcohol Consumption7 and acknowledging that effective strategies and interventions that target both the population at large, vulnerable groups, individuals and specific problems are available and should be optimally combined in order to reduce alcohol-related harm;
Mindful that such strategies and interventions must be implemented in a way that takes into account different national, religious and cultural contexts, including national public health problems, needs and priorities, as well as differences in Member States’ resources, capacities and capabilities;
Deeply concerned by the extent of public health problems associated with harmful use of alcohol, including injuries and violence, and possible links to certain communicable diseases which add to the disease burden, notably in the developing world;
Mindful about intensifying international cooperation in reducing public-health problems caused by the harmful use of alcohol, and to mobilize the necessary support at global and regional levels;
1 Documents EB122/10 and EB122/10 Corr.1.
2 Development of the WHO programme on alcohol-related problems.
3 Alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems: development of national policies and programmes.
4 Prevention and control of drug and alcohol use.
5 Health promotion and healthy lifestyles
6 Documents A40/14 and A60/14 Add.l.
7 WHO Technical Report Series, No. 944, 2007