Policy documents

Important statements of or about WHO policy in the European Region.

Ljubljana Statement on Health Equity (2019)

Ljubljana, Slovenia, 11-13 June 2019
The Iceland Statement. Ensuring safe and climate-resilient water and sanitation (2018)

26–27 June 2018, Reykjavík, Iceland
High-Level Regional Meeting - Health Systems Respond to NCDs: Experience in the European Region. Outcome statement.

Sitges, Spain, 16–18 April 2018

The Ashgabat Statement - Preventing the re-establishment of malaria transmission in the WHO European Region (2017)

Declaration of the Sixth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health

June 2017
Healthy Cities Pécs Declaration (2017)

WHO European Healthy Cities Network Annual Business and Technical Conference, Pécs, Hungary, 1–3 March 2017
The Monaco Statement. Health in all policies – Health in all SDGs: call for action on climate change (2016)

Third high-level meeting of the WHO small countries initiative, Monaco, Principality of Monaco, 11–12 October 2016
The Minsk Declaration

WHO European Ministerial Conference on the Life-course Approach in the Context of Health 2020. Minsk, Belarus, 21–22 October 2015
The Belgrade statement

June 2015, Belgrade, Serbia
Ashgabat Declaration on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases in the Context of Health 2020

3–4 December 2013, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Vienna Declaration on Nutrition and Noncommunicable Diseases in the Context of Health 2020 (2013)

WHO European Ministerial Conference on Nutrition and Noncommunicable Diseases in the Context of Health 2020, 4–5 July 2013, Vienna, Austria.
Health 2020. A European policy framework and strategy for the 21st century (2013)

European Declaration on the Health of Children and Young People with Intellectual Disabilities and their Families

Better health, better lives: children and young people with intellectual disabilities and their families, Bucharest, Romania, 26–27 November 2010
Parma Declaration on Environment and Health

Fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, Parma, Italy, 10–12 March 2010
Tallinn Charter: “Health Systems for Health and Wealth”

WHO European Ministerial Conference on Health Systems: “Health Systems, Health and Wealth”, Tallinn, Estonia, 27 June 2008
Berlin Declaration on Tuberculosis

WHO Ministerial Forum "All Against Tuberculosis", Berlin, Germany, 22 October 2007
European Charter on Counteracting Obesity (2006)

WHO European Ministerial Conference on Counteracting Obesity, Istanbul, Turkey, 15–17 November 2006
Mental Health Declaration for Europe

WHO European Ministerial Conference on Mental Health: Facing The Challenges, Building Solutions, Helsinki, Finland, 14 January 2005
Children's Environment and Health Action Plan for Europe

Fourth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, Budapest, Hungary, 25 June 2004
Declaration of the Fourth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health

Fourth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, Budapest, Hungary, 25 June 2004
Warsaw Declaration for a Tobacco-free Europe

WHO European Ministerial Conference for a Tobacco-free Europe, Warsaw, Poland, 19 February 2002
Declaration on Young People and Alcohol

WHO Ministerial Conference on Young People and Alcohol, 2001
Munich Declaration: Nurses and Midwives: a Force for Health

Second WHO Ministerial Conference on Nursing and Midwifery in Europe, Munich, Germany, 15–17 June 2000
Declaration of the Third Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health

Third Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, London, United Kingdom, 18 June 1999
Protocol on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes

Third Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, London, United Kingdom, 17 June 1999
Charter on Transport, Environment and Health

Third Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, London, United Kingdom, 16 June 1999
HEALTH21 – health for all in the 21st century

Introduction to the health for all policy framework for the WHO European Region
Athens Declaration for Healthy Cities (1998)

International Healthy Cities Conference, Athens, Greece, 23 June 1998
The Ljubljana Charter on Reforming Health Care, 1996

Ljubljana Charter on Reforming Health Care, Ljubljana Conference, 1996
European Charter on Alcohol, 1995

European Conference on Health, Society and Alcohol, Paris, France, 12–14 December 1995
The Copenhagen Declaration on Health Policy, 1994

European Health Policy Conference: Opportunities for the Future, Copenhagen, Denmark, 5–9 December 1994
Environmental Health Action Plan for Europe, 1994

Second European Conference on Environment and Health, Helsinki, Finland, 20–22 June 1994
Helsinki Declaration on Action for Environment and Health in Europe, 1994

Second European Conference on Environment and Health, Helsinki, Finland, 20–22 June 1994
Vienna Statement on Investing in Women's Health in the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe, 1994

Women's Health Counts: Conference on the Health of Women in Central and Eastern Europe, Vienna, Austria, 16–18 February 1994
The Milan Declaration on Healthy Cities, 1990

Healthy Cities Conference, Milan, Italy, 5–6 April 1990
European Charter on Environment and Health, 1989

First European Conference on Environment and Health, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, 7–8 December 1989
The Charter Against Tobacco, 1988

European Conference on Tobacco Policy, Madrid, Spain, 7–11 November 1988
Vienna Declaration on Nursing in Support of the European Targets for Health for All, 1988

European Conference on Nursing, Vienna, Austria, 21–24 June 1988
Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, 1986

First International Conference on Health Promotion, Ottawa, Canada, 17–21 November 1986
Declaration of Alma-Ata, 1978

International Conference on Primary Health Care, Alma-Ata, USSR, 6–12 September 1978