1948 – Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UN) – Right to food;
1974 – World Food Conference, in Rome (FAO/WHO);
1975 – Implementation of the Norwegian Nutrition Policy;
1978 – International Conference on Primary Health Care. Alma-Ata Declaration (September 12th, Kazakhstan) (WHO/UNICEF);
1986 – First International Conference on Health Promotion. Ottawa Charter (November 21st, Canada) (WHO/OPAS/UNICEF) – Topic: “Health Promotion in Industrialized Countries”;
1988 – Second International Conference on Health Promotion. Adelaide Declaration (April 5th-6th, Australia) (WHO/OPAS/UNICEF) – Topic: “Health Promotion and Healthy Public Policies”;
1990 – First Conference on Food and Nutrition Policies (WHO and FAO);
1991 – Third International Conference on Health Promotion. Sundsvall Declaration (June 9th-15th, Sweden) – Topic: “Health Promotion and Supportive Environments for Health”;
1992 – International Conference of Nutrition. World Declaration and Plan of Action for Nutrition (FAO);
1996 – Rome Declaration on World Food Safety and World Food Summit Plan of Action (World Food Summit);
1997 – Forth International Conference on Health Promotion. Jakarta Declaration (July 21st-25th, Indonesia) (WHO/OPAS/UNICEF) – Topic: “New Players for a New Era – Leading Health Promotion into the 21st Century”;
1997 – Establishment of the Directorate-General of Health and Consumers (DG SANCO) (CCE);
1997 – Publication of the Green Book about the general principles of food legislation (CCE);
2000 – Fifth International Conference on Health Promotion. Mexico Declaration (July 5th-9th, Mexico) (WHO/OPAS/UNICEF) – Topic: “Health Promotion: Bridging the Equity Gap”;
2000 – First action plan for food and nutrition policy, WHO Europe (WHO 2000-2005);
2000 – Publication of the White Paper on Food Safety (CCE);
2000 – Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (WHO);
2002 – Establishment of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA);
2004 – Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health (WHO);
2005 – Sixth International Conference on Health Promotion. Bangkok Charter (August 5th-11th, Bangkok) – Topic: “Health Promotion in a Globalized World”;
2006 – WHO European Ministerial Conference on Counteracting Obesity (November 15th-17th, Istanbul, Turkey). European Charter on Counteracting Obesity (WHO);
2007 – Publication of the White Paper on a Strategy for Europe on Nutrition, Overweight and Obesity Related Health Issues (EU);
2007 – Publication of the White Paper “Together for Health: A Strategic Approach for the EU 2008-2013” (EU);
2008 – Second plan of action for food and nutrition policy, WHO Europe (WHO 2007-2012);
2008 – Action plan for a global strategy for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (WHO);
2009 – Seventh International Conference on Health Promotion (October 26th-30th, Nairobi, Kenia). Nairobi Call to Action (WHO/OPAS/UNICEF) – Topic: “Promoting Health and Development: Closing the Implementation Gap”;
2010 – Adelaide Statement on Health in All Policies (WHO);
2011 – First Global Ministerial Conference on Healthy Lifestyles and Noncommunicable Disease Control (WHO);
2011 – Action Plan for implementation of the European Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases 2012-2016 (WHO);
2012 – Health 2020: a European Policy Framework Supporting Action across Government and Society for Health and Well-Being (WHO);
2013 – Eighth International Conference on Health Promotion. “The Helsinki Statement on the Health in All Policies” (June 10th-14th, Helsinki, Finland);
2013 – WHO European Ministerial Conference on Nutrition and Noncommunicable Diseases in the Context of Health 2020 (July 4th-5th, Vienna, Austria).