A resolution honoring the life of Dr. Paul Farmer by recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to adopt a 21st century global health solidarity strategy and take actions to address past and ongoing harms that undermine the health and well-being of people around the world.

This resolution honors the legacy of Dr. Paul Farmer and urges the Federal Government to adopt a new, 21st-century global health solidarity strategy . The strategy aims to end medically unnecessary deaths and address the full burden of disease in poor countries by supporting developing nations' health systems through localized investments, a concept Dr. Farmer called "accompaniment." This includes strengthening staff, space, stuff, systems, and social support , while also financing the discovery and development of new health technologies for neglected diseases and ensuring their availability as global public goods. Achieving these objectives requires a significant increase in annual global health spending to $125 billion, which would meet the United Nations development assistance target and close substantial financing gaps for essential universal health coverage in low- and lower-middle-income countries. It also calls for optimizing global health delivery spending through coordinated multilateral fiscal cooperation with shared governance, directly supporting national health plans, and focusing on vulnerable populations. Beyond health aid, the resolution emphasizes the need for the Federal Government to address ongoing economic harms to developing countries. This involves supporting debt cancellation , democratizing global governance institutions like the IMF and World Bank, and dramatically reducing tax avoidance and illicit financial flows. It also advocates for global labor rights, living wages, and adopting new indicators of progress beyond Gross Domestic Product. Finally, the resolution asserts the Federal Government's duty to issue reparations for historical and ongoing injustices. These include reparations for the institution of slavery and its impact on African Americans, the harms of colonialism and imperialism, and the disproportionate responsibility of the Federal Government for climate breakdown, which disproportionately affects the global South.