FORUT’s comments on the Zero Draft of the Political Declaration on NCDs and Mental Health

This document is the text of FORUT’s comments on the Zero Draft of the Political Declaration on NCDs and Mental Health.

This document has been shared with various Norwegian ministries and missions in New York and Geneva.

Highlights:

• FORUT underlines that the human rights-based approach to health and access to care must include mental health.
• FORUT reiterates our policy position and asks that policies for NCDs and mental health be protected from the vested interests of health-harmful industries, including their marketing, policy interference and misleading corporate social responsibility.
• FORUT calls for a broader recognition of the impact of commercial determinants of health on NCDs.
• FORUT asks that member states adopt a more inclusive language beyond «stakeholders,» that recognises the role of communities.
• FORUT calls for the recognition and inclusion of existing action plans for various risk factors, including the Global Alcohol Action Plan among others, in the Political Declaration.

Recommended citation:

FORUT. (2025). FORUT’s Comments on the Zero Draft of the Political Declaration on NCDs and Mental Health. https://forut.no/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20250520-FORUT-Comments-on-the-Zero-Draft-PD-on-NCDs-and-Mental-Health_for-web.pdf