The text, negotiated over five months, will take place before the General Assembly for approval in a few weeks.
It was adopted at a high -level meeting at the UN headquarters on Thursday, where heads of state, government leaders and health ministers highlighted the urgency of coordinated action.
MNTs like heart and pulmonary diseases, cancer and diabetes are the largest killers in the world.
More than 40 million premature deaths per year
They made 43 million lives in 2021, including 18 million people under the age of 70. Mental health problems affect more than a billion people worldwide.
The declaration sets specific objectives for 2030: 150 million less tobacco users, 150 million additional people under hypertension control and 150 million with access to mental health care.
It also widens the concentration to include oral health, child cancer, kidney disease and liver and rare conditions, while fighting on environmental risks such as air pollution, dangerous cooking fuels and dangerous chemicals.
The reinforced measures deal with electronic cigarettes, the marketing of junk food for children and the elimination of trans fats. The lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic are also built, as well as the recognition of digital damage linked to social media, excessive screen time and disinformation.
People living with MNTs and mental health problems must be at the heart of our response, said the World Health Organization (WHO).
Sudan: Khartoum Retailees faces a refuge crisis, warns the OIM
The current war between rival soldiers in Sudan has left large devastated areas and people who return homeless homelessness and only limited access to water and food.
Advocacy for more support
In a call for international support, the United Nations Migration Agency, OIM, said that two in three people returning to the capital are now living in shelters needing urgent reparation.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on the other hand, reported that the war had uprooted more than five million children. Many young people face acute hunger and disease epidemics, while millions still live in areas affected by conflicts.
To help, the United Nations agency provides vital support for health, nutrition, education and protection.
The humanitarian workers of Darfur said that the civilians of El Fasher, the besieged state capital, continue to undergo implacable attacks, acute hunger and cholera.
UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric added on Friday that civilians are faced with daily threats of bombing, air strikes and drone attacks, with ferocious clashes reported in northern Darfur districts in recent weeks.
The clashes have moved millions and left half of the population of Sudan insecure – nearly 25 million people. Famine was also officially declared in northern Darfur and southern Kordofan.
Ukraine: WFP food boxes offer a rescue buoy for front -line communities
Despite the Russian in progress in progress in Ukraine, the United Nations aid teams and their partners still manage to support front -line communities, the World Food Program (WFP) said on Friday.
The United Nations agency said it has delivered more than a quarter of a million food boxes in eight front -line regions in Ukraine last month.
The boxes “continue to be a life buoy for people” on the front line, said WFP.
He thanked the EU and Norway to support the assistance operation that distributes basic in places where the markets are closed or the prices of food is very high.
Partnership for homeless
In related development, the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, announced a partnership of $ 5 million with Saudi Arabia to support vulnerable Ukrainians forced to leave their homes because of the war.
The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the high -level week of the General Assembly in New York and followed the donation of $ 10 million in the Kingdom for Ukraine in 2024.
The United Nations Refugee Agency said that the support of Saudi Arabia would guarantee that families are protected against severe winter weather conditions in Ukraine as temperatures drop.
The UN alarms on the human rights crisis in the worsening of South Sudan
On Friday, the High Commissioner of the United Nations Human Rights, Volker Türk, expressed a deep concern in the face of rapid worsening of human rights in South Sudan, citing that nearly 2,000 civilians were killed this year in the midst of political tensions and violence.
According to his office, Ohchr, at least 1,854 were killed, 1,693 injured, 423 kidnapped and 169 subject to sexual violence in civil conflicts from January to September.
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) reports that the first quarter of the year has experienced the highest civilian victims of a three -month period since 2020, the second quarter showing a strong increase in victims from 144 to 438 compared to last year, drawn by conventional conflict parties and other armed groups.
Community violence has also increased, with an increase of 33% of incidents, in particular due to intra-communal clashes between Dinka subclans in Warrap attacks and reprisals involving armed groups of Murle, Dinka Bor and Lou Nuer.
“Men, women and children were killed, injured and moved, and houses, schools, health centers and other destroyed infrastructure, with devastating consequences on civilians. This is unacceptable and must stop, “said Türk.
One exhorts a fair trial
The legal proceedings began on Monday in the capital Juba, during the trial of the first vice-president Riek Machar and other higher members of the popular liberation movement of Sudan.
They are faced with accusations of murder, betrayal, crimes against humanity and other related offenses linked to a fatal attack earlier this year on a basis of the national army, in which more than 250 soldiers were killed by forces faithful to Mr. Machar.
“It is imperative that the ongoing legal proceedings against the first vice-president Riek Machar and his co-accusation fully comply with international standards of human rights,” said the head of the United Nations.
