At the fifth
Plenary session of the Peoples Congress at Brighton
the delegates pu out the following Global
Declaration n° 18
As DELEGATES to the PEOPLE'S CONGRESS, elected
directly and democratically by a trans national
electorate, spread over 110 countries
WE RECORD FORMALLY:
- The 10 points of the September 12, 1973
declaration adopted by the International WHO Alma- Ata
Conference on Primary Health Care
NOTICING:
- That every human being has the right in the
existing conditions of the group he belongs to, to
perfect physical and mental harmony, called
health
CONVINCED:
- That the effective and general recognition of this
right supported by planetary solidarity, required by
the present situation, implies on the part of the
states the sacrifice of part of their sovereignty to
the benefit of the world community
WE AFFIRM:
- That the right to health is fundamental that its
enjoyment must be equally warranted to all humans
- That this right has in balance the duty for the
individual and the group to practice hygiene and to
submit to preventive and curative medicine
- That the right and the duty concerning health must
be protected through the political involvement of
governments providing training and the organisation of
public health education. Those policies should take in
account the beliefs and the particular value system of
the group, if individual physical and mental integrity
are taking care of.
WE DEPLORE:
- That the respect of the States absolute
sovereignty prevents WHO from processing information
about the health state of some designated
countries
WE REQUEST consequently:
That every national health policy be able to
find in a World Health Institution, with real and well
defined powers, support and control services that
warranty its development and protection towards the
financial interests and political outside
interventions
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