Decision on the Report of African Summit on Roll-Back Malaria


AHG/Dec.155 (XXXVI)


DECISION ON THE REPORT OF AFRICAN SUMMIT ON ROLL-BACK MALARIA



The Assembly:

  1. TAKES NOTE of the Report;

  2. ACKNOWLEDGES and WELCOMES the Abuja Declaration and Plan of Action on Roll-Back-Malaria endorsed by the Extra-Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and government which met from 24-25 April 2000 in Abuja, Nigeria;

  3. CALLS UPON Member States to implement the Abuja Plan of Action at National level and more specifically, at community level;

  4. ENDORSES the proposal of declaring April 25 each year as "Africa Malaria Control Day" and CALLS UPON the United Nations to declare the coming decade 2001 – 2010, a decade for Roll-Back-Malaria;

  5. REQUESTS the Secretary General to follow-up and report annually to the summit on the progress made in the implementation of the Abuja Declaration and Plan of Action on Roll-Back-Malaria.

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