International law and social issues

Russia attaches great importance to the fight against tuberculosis. Our approach is based on the idea that solely medical response is not enough for stopping the spread of this infection. It is necessary to eliminate its root causes, among which are inadequate living and working conditions, environmental degradation and a number of other factors.
We believe that the decision to convene the UN High Level Meeting on the Fight against Tuberculosis in 2018 is timely. We expect that it will address the problem through a multisectoral approach.
An important milestone leading to the upcoming HLM is over.
The First WHO Global Ministerial Conference on “Ending Tuberculosis in the Sustainable Development Era: a Multisectoral Response” was held on November 16-17, 2017 in Moscow.
More than 1200 delegates from 120 countries, 80 ministers of health and heads of other ministries and agencies, as well as UN system organizations, representatives of NGOs, private sector, academia and trade unions – all took part in it.

During the biennium of 2014-2015 UNITAR provided training and knowledge-sharing services for a record number of beneficiaries (73,610). According to the report of the UN Secretary-General, the Institute's services were used by representatives of all UN Member States. The Russian Federation is no exception. Next week in Moscow, UNITAR is launching another series of capacity development trainings for government officers from the CIS countries. This event became possible due to the five-year cooperation agreement between the Russian Federation and UNITAR, which provides for annual voluntary contributions.
    The fact that the Institute’s budget has been steadily growing in recent years eloquently demonstrates the relevance of UNITAR's activities. I hope that this trend will continue in the future, as planned by the Institute's leadership.

The BRICS Health Ministers met in Moscow, Russia on October 30, 2015,      at the 5th BRICS Health Ministers’ meeting.
The Ministers recalled all previous declarations in which they committed to strengthen intra-BRICS cooperation to promote health. They noted the progress made since the first BRICS Summit  and acknowledged the renewed commitment to health by the BRICS leaders as expressed in the Ufa Declaration, 2015.

1. The BRICS countries, represented by the Heads of Delegation of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, met on 19th May 2015 on the sidelines of the 68th session of the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.

The annual celebration of the WMD (23 March) took place at WMO headquarters (Geneva, 21March 2013).

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New Delhi, 10-11 January 2013