The Council in its Conclusions of 26 November 1998 on the future framework for Community action in the field of public health(17), and in its Resolution of 8 June 1999(18), the Economic and Social Committee, in its opinion of 9 September 1998(19), the Committee of the Regions, in its Opinion of 19 November 1998(20), and the European Parliament, in its Resolution A4-0082/99 of 12 March 1999(21), welcomed the Commission communication of 15 April 1998 and supported the view that actions at Community level should be set out in one overall programme to run for a period of at least five years and comprising three general objectives, namely improving information for the development of public health, reacting rapidly to health threats and tackling health determinants through health promotion and disease prevention, underpinned by inter-sectoral action and the use of all appropriate Treaty instruments.
Sporočilo Komisije z dne 15. aprila 1998 so pozdravili Svet v sklepih z dne 26. novembra 1998 o prihodnjem okviru ukrepov Skupnosti na področju javnega zdravja [17] in Resoluciji z dne 8. junija 1999 [18], Ekonomsko-socialni odbor v Mnenju z dne 9. septembra 1998 [19], Odbor regij v Mnenju z dne 19. novembra 1998 [20] in Evropski parlament v Resoluciji A4-0082/99 z dne 12. marca 1999 [21] ter podprli stališče, da je treba ukrepe na ravni Skupnosti določiti v celovitem programu, ki naj poteka vsaj pet let in vsebuje tri splošne cilje, to je izboljšanje informacij za razvoj javnega zdravja, hitro odzivanje na nevarnosti za zdravje in obravnavanje determinant zdravja s spodbujanjem krepitve zdravja in preprečevanjem bolezni, ob podpori medresorskih ukrepov in z uporabo vseh primernih instrumentov Pogodbe.