A/RES/72/173
The right to food
on 11 May 2012, and by the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations at its 144th session,
Recalling also the Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and
Food Systems, 11 which were endorsed by the Committee on World Food Security at
its forty-first session, held from 13 to 18 October 2014,
Stressing the importance of the Second International Conference on Nutrition,
hosted by the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations in Rome from 19 to 21 November 2014, and of its outcome
documents, the Rome Declaration on Nutrition and the Framework for Action,
Stressing also the need to increase official development assistance devoted to
agriculture and nutrition,
Recognizing the importance of the protection and preservation of agrobiodiversity
in guaranteeing food security and nutrition and the right to food for all,
Noting the cultural values of dietary and eating habits in different cultures, and
recognizing that food plays an important role in defining the identity of individuals
and communities and is a cultural component that describes and gives value to a
territory and its inhabitants,
Recognizing the role of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations as the key United Nations agency for rural and agricultural development and
its work in supporting the efforts of Member States to achieve the full realization of
the right to food, including through its provision of technical assistance to developing
countries in support of the implementation of national priority frameworks,
Recalling the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on
Sustainable Development, entitled “The future we want”, and recalling the
commitment therein to work together to promote sustained and inclusive economic
growth, social development and environmental protection and thereby to benefit all,
endorsed by the General Assembly in its resolution 66/288 of 27 July 2012,
Recalling also the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
2015–2030 12 and its guiding principles, which, inter alia, recognize the importance of
promoting regular disaster preparedness and response and recovery exercises, with a
view to ensuring rapid and effective response to disasters and related displacement,
including access to essential food and non-food relief supplies, as appropriate to local
needs, as well as of fostering collaboration across global and regional mechanisms
and institutions for the implementation and coherence of instruments and tools
relevant to disaster risk reduction, such as for climate change, biodiversity,
sustainable development, poverty eradication, environment, agriculture, health, food
and nutrition and others, as appropriate,
Recalling further the proclamation at its seventieth session of 2016–2025 as the
United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition, and stressing the opportunity the
Decade represents to bring together initiatives and efforts to eradicate hunger and
prevent all forms of malnutrition,
Acknowledging the work done by the High-level Task Force on Global Food and
Nutrition Security established by the Secretary-General, and supporting the
Secretary-General in his continuing efforts in this regard, including continued
engagement with Member States and the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights
Council on the right to food,
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, document C 2015/20, appendix D.
Resolution 69/283, annex II.
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