Scope, Modalities, Format and Organization of the High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases

Requests the President of the General Assembly, in consultation with Member States, to finalize the organizational arrangements of the meetings, including the list of speakers of the plenary meetings to be held on 19 September 2011, taking account of the length of the meetings, the identification of the civil society representative to speak at the opening plenary meeting, the assignment of Member States and participants to round tables, and the identification of Chairs for the round tables, taking into account the level of representation as well as equitable geographical representation and the format of the informal interactive hearing;

Encourages Member States to consider, as appropriate and where relevant, including in their national delegations to the High-level Meeting parliamentarians, representatives of civil society, including non-governmental organizations, academia and networks working on the control and prevention of non-communicable diseases;

Invites the World Health Organization, with the support and active participation of regional commissions and other relevant agencies and entities, to continue to hold regional multisectoral consultations, as appropriate, which will serve to provide inputs to the preparations for the High-level Meeting, as well as to the Meeting itself;

Requests the President of the General Assembly to organize, no later than June 2011 and in consultation with representatives of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, civil society organizations, the private sector and academia, an informal interactive hearing with non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, the private sector and academia to provide an input to the preparatory process for the High-level Meeting;

Invites the Inter-Parliamentary Union to contribute to the High-level Meeting;

Invites the Holy See, in its capacity as observer State, and Palestine, in its capacity as observer, to participate in the preparatory activities and in the High-level Meeting;

Invites United Nations funds and programmes, the specialized agencies, in particular the World Health Organization, regional commissions, the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization, the regional development banks, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and intergovernmental organizations and entities having observer status in the General Assembly to participate in the preparatory activities and in the High-level Meeting, in accordance with the rules of procedure as established by the Assembly;