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Organization, the regional commissions and all other relevant entities of the United
Nations system and other intergovernmental organizations, international financial
institutions and international trade and economic institutions, including with the
support of the Secretary-General’s High-level Task Force on Global Food and
Nutrition Security in accordance with their respective mandates, in order to increase
their effectiveness, as well as to strengthen cooperation with non -governmental
organizations and the public and private sectors in promoting and strengthening
efforts towards sustainable agriculture development, food security and nutrition;
31. Notes the International Fund for Agricultural Development initiative of
organizing the first International Conference on South-South and Triangular
Cooperation, on the theme “Leveraging Innovations from the Global South to Support
Rural Transformation”, held in Brasilia on 20 and 21 November 2017;
32. Recognizes the contribution made thus far by early warning systems, and
underlines that the reliability and timeliness of such systems should be further
strengthened at the national, regional and international levels, with a focus on
countries that are particularly vulnerable to price shocks and food emergencies;
33. Reaffirms the important role and inclusive nature of the Committee on
World Food Security as a major intergovernmental platform for a broad range of
stakeholders to work together towards ensuring food security and nutrition for all,
and notes the three main functions of policy convergence, lesson-sharing and progress
review that the Committee performs in support of the integrated implementation of
the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those related to ending hunger and
malnutrition;
34. Encourages countries to give due consideration to the dissemination,
promotion and implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible
Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food
Security, 24 as well as the voluntary Principles for Responsible Investment in
Agriculture and Food Systems, 23 as endorsed by the Committee on World Food
Security in 2012 and 2014, respectively;
35. Also encourages countries to give due consideration to the dissemination,
promotion and implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive
Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security,
adopted by the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations in 2004; 30
36. Calls upon the relevant organizations of the United Nations system, within
their respective mandates and resources, to ensure that no one is left behind and no
country is left behind in the implementation of the present resolution;
37. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its
seventy-third session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, and
decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-third session the item entitled
“Agriculture development, food security and nutrition”, unless otherwise agreed.
74th plenary meeting
20 December 2017
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