A/HRC/36/20 build resilient health systems. They emphasized the need for equity, mutual respect and solidarity to overcome economic imbalances. Several delegations asked how United Nations funds and programmes could give practical effect to the achievement of the right to development in order to create global capacity in the area of public health. Dr. Ren particularly emphasized that health was relevant to all social and economic development, and that therefore all United Nations agencies, funds and programmes should work together to support capacity-building at the country level. 36. A number of States described their experiences and best practices in ensuring universal health care. They included Georgia, which launched its universal health-care system in 2013, providing State-funded health-care coverage for all citizens. Participants similarly heard how the national health policy of Haiti was based on universality, equity and quality. In El Salvador, the levels of maternal mortality had reportedly been reduced and the country had already achieved target 3.1 of the Sustainable Development Goals. According to the delegate, 98 per cent of births took place in hospitals with qualified staff. El Salvador had also reduced the levels of chronic malnutrition by 42 per cent, through school meals programmes for 1.3 million schoolchildren, and provided vouchers for pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers and children with anaemia. Several countries also highlighted their role in promoting international cooperation. Qatar, for instance, had hosted an annual global health summit. III. Conclusions 37. In their final remarks, all the panellists highlighted the importance of universal health systems for realizing the right to health for all without discrimination, drawing particular attention to the situation in China and Cuba, including their provision of international assistance. Panellists also emphasized the centrality of the right to health and universal health-care systems to the realization of all the Sustainable Development Goals and in making sure that no one was left behind. Several panellists also underscored the need for a multisectoral approach, moving beyond separate agendas, and a focus on the groups living in the most vulnerable situations, including refugees and migrants. 7

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