On September 12, 2024, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Kyiv time, a Regional online meeting ahead of the UN High-Level Meeting on AMR: ‘Joining TB Community Efforts Against Antimicrobial Resistance’ will be held.

At the event, organized by the TB Europe Coalition (TBEC) with the support of the Stop TB Partnership:

• Gregory Paton, Stop TB Partnership, will present on the significant achievements in integrating TB issues into the draft Political Declaration on AMR and share the information about planned side events for CSOs and communities ahead of the UN High-Level Meeting on AMR.
• Olya Klymenko, Partnership “Stop TB. Ukraine”, representing the region at the UN HLM on AMR, will share her expectations for the upcoming High-Level Meeting and her vision of the role of civil society/communities in it. She will conduct a consultation with online meeting participants on important regional messages, to be potentially included in the official statement.
• Aleksandra Vasylenko, TB Europe Coalition, will share the TBEC’s delvelopments in the context of civil society and community partnerships in the region with members of the official country delegations at the UN High-Level Meeting.

We invite representatives of civil society organizations, TB-affected communities, and other interested parties to join the meeting.

Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIkf-6urDIsG9wnTxRgDRJxG79lacthyXVq

Simultaneous translation will be provided during the event – Russian/English.

For reference: On September 26, 2024, the UN General Assembly will hold a High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (UN HLM on AMR), where the UN Member State representatives will review and adopt the corresponding Political Declaration. This strategic document will serve as an important guideline for the next five years and is crucial for all stakeholders involved in fighting drug-resistant infections, including tuberculosis, which is considered a major factor in the “silent” pandemic of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

Thanks to the active involvement of civil society and TB-affected communities, with the support of the Stop TB Partnership and in collaboration with country missions to the UN, the text of the Political Declaration on Antimicrobial Resistance has been significantly optimized in the context of TB and AMR issues compared to the zero draft proposed by the General Assembly in May 2024.