A/RES/65/178 coordinated, and calls upon the international community to support Africa in the implementation of the various programmes under the New Partnership for Africa’s Development; 20 19F 20. Acknowledges, in this regard, national and regional efforts by developing countries to implement long-term policies and measures that contribute to agriculture development and food security; 21 20F 21. Recognizes that North-South cooperation, South-South cooperation and triangular cooperation are useful instruments for increasing the capacities of developing countries, sharing experiences on the aforementioned agricultural activities and addressing related economic and social issues; 22. Encourages relevant United Nations funds, programmes and agencies and the Special Unit for South-South Cooperation, within their mandates, as well as regions and subregions, to support existing and new South-South cooperation initiatives that contribute to agriculture development and food security; 23. Stresses the need to make special efforts to meet the nutritional needs of women, children, older persons and persons with disabilities, as well as those living in vulnerable situations, through targeted and effective programming; 24. Encourages efforts at all levels to establish and strengthen social protection measures and programmes, including national social safety nets and protection programmes for the needy and vulnerable, such as food and cash for work, cash transfer and voucher programmes, school feeding programmes and mother-and-child nutrition programmes; 25. Notes the challenges faced by indigenous peoples in the context of food security, and in this regard calls upon States to take special actions to combat the root causes of the disproportionately high level of hunger and malnutrition among indigenous peoples; 26. Calls for international, regional and national efforts to increase the ability of the agricultural sector to predict, prevent and address the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events, especially floods and droughts, on agricultural production and food systems, as well as to enhance the ability of that sector to regain livelihoods and food production; 27. Urges Member States and international organizations to pursue policies and strategies that improve the functioning of domestic, regional and international markets and ensure equitable access for all, especially smallholder and women farmers in developing countries, notes the importance of non-trade-distorting _______________ 20 A/57/304, annex. Such as the Latin American and the Caribbean without Hunger 2025 initiative, adopted at the twentyninth Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, held in Caracas from 24 to 28 April 2006; the food security fund of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America; the Presidential Summit on Sovereignty and Food Security: Foods for Life, held in Managua on 7 May 2008; the Sirte Declaration on Investing in Agriculture for Economic Growth and Food Security, adopted at the thirteenth ordinary session of the Assembly of the African Union in Sirte, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, on 3 July 2009; the Emergency Programme for Arab Food Security launched at the Arab Economic and Social Development Summit, held in Kuwait on 19 and 20 January 2009; the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Food Security Reserve; the Integrated Food Security Framework and Strategic Plan of Action on Food Security of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations; the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Ministerial Meeting on Food Security; the regional coordination unit for food security of the Economic Cooperation Organization; and the Pacific Food Summit on behalf of the Food Secure Pacific Working Group. 21 6