Background
THE CONSULTATION PERIOD IS NOW OVER AND YOU CAN ACCESS ALL THE SUBMISSIONS TO THE RIGHT.
The Global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol, negotiated and agreed by WHO Member States in 2010 (Resolution WHA63.13), represents international consensus that reducing the harmful use of alcohol and its associated health and social burden is a public health priority. More information about the global strategy and its implementation can be found here.
Paragraph 3.d of decision 72(11) at the World Health Assembly in May 2019 requests the WHO Director-General to “report to the Seventy-third World Health Assembly in 2020, through the Executive Board, on the implementation of WHO’s global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol during the first decade since its endorsement, and the way forward”.
During the discussions at the 72nd World Health Assembly, the WHO Director-General committed that “the report will be elaborated in full consultation and engagement with Member States” and requested that this be reflected accordingly in the official records. An overview of the process of developing the report can be found here.
To this end, the WHO Secretariat hosted a web-based consultation from 24 October 2019 until 4 November 2019 on a discussion paper dated 21 October 2019. Member States, UN organizations and non-State actors were invited to submit their comments through a dedicated web page or by e-mail. The response can be given in any of the six official languages of WHO: English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese or Arabic. The consultation is not open to individuals.
All relevant contributions received are published on this website (see links above to the right). The comments received will be taken into consideration in the process of developing the above-mentioned report of the Secretariat and may serve as an input for informal consultation with Member States on the discussion paper scheduled for 11th November 2019.