The upcoming Fourth United Nations High Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Health (HLM4) will follow those held in 2011, 2014 and 2018. When High Level officials from Member States convene in New York in September there is an urgent need for action to reduce the global burden of NCDs and Mental Health.

The negotiations towards a Political Declaration of the Fourth UN High Level Meeting on Noncommunicable diseases and Mental Health will progress through July 2025. These proposed comments and suggestions from the Global Alcohol Policy Alliance (GAPA) refers to specific sections of the Zero Draft document but with relevance for later iterations as well.

GAPA Policy Position

In the outset GAPA issued a set of policy recommendations for the HLM4 and in the following we also have some specific key advocacy points in response to the Zero Draft Political Declaration of the HLM4. GAPA also supports the positions promoted by the NCD Alliance in response to the proposals of Member States in the second compilation text regarding the need to retain the language about ‘commercial determinants of health’ and ‘conflict of interest’ as will be reflected in the specific proposals below.

GAPA urges Member States to take these positions into consideration and secure a forward looking outcome document that will lead to action to reduce the global burden of NCDs.

GAPA Policy Position UNHLM4 NCDs negotiations 2025 Download