The UN General Assembly will convene a High-Level Meeting on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) for the second time during its 79th session (UNGA 79) in New York in September 2024. Drug-resistant infections know no borders, meaning no single country can respond to AMR alone. This meeting is an important opportunity for world leaders to collectively address the looming threat AMR poses to global health, food security, and achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
Organized by the President of the General Assembly, a multi-stakeholder hearing on AMR took place on 15 May 2024, as part of the preparatory process for the High-level Meeting. The hearing was a key moment for stakeholders from across different sectors to contribute, ahead of intergovernmental negotiations on the political declaration. The hearing was supported by WHO, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the United Nations Environment Programme, the World Organisation for Animal Health (also known collectively as the Quadripartite organizations) and other relevant partners.
The first UN High-level Meeting on AMR took place in 2016.