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to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture 12 as
a matter of priority;
14. Recalls the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples 13 and acknowledges that many indigenous organizations and representatives
of indigenous peoples have expressed in different forums their deep concerns over
the obstacles and challenges they face for the full enjoyment of the right to food,
and calls upon States to take special actions to combat the root causes of the
disproportionately high level of hunger and malnutrition among indigenous peoples
and the continuous discrimination against them;
15. Notes the need to further examine various concepts such as, inter alia,
“food sovereignty” and their relation with food security and the right to food,
bearing in mind the need to avoid any negative impact on the enjoyment of the right
to food for all people at all times;
16. Requests all States and private actors, as well as international
organizations within their respective mandates, to take fully into account the need to
promote the effective realization of the right to food for all, including in the ongoing
negotiations in different fields;
17. Recognizes the need to strengthen national commitment as well as
international assistance, upon the request of and in cooperation with the affected
countries, towards the full realization and protection of the right to food, and in
particular to develop national protection mechanisms for people forced to leave their
homes and land because of hunger or humanitarian emergencies affecting the
enjoyment of the right to food;
18. Stresses the need to make efforts to mobilize and optimize the allocation
and utilization of technical and financial resources from all sources, including
external debt relief for developing countries, and to reinforce national actions to
implement sustainable food security policies;
19. Calls for the early conclusion and a successful, development-oriented
outcome of the Doha Round of trade negotiations of the World Trade Organization
as a contribution to creating international conditions that permit the full realization
of the right to food;
20. Stresses that all States should make all efforts to ensure that their
international policies of a political and economic nature, including international
trade agreements, do not have a negative impact on the right to food in other
countries;
21. Recalls the importance of the New York Declaration on Action against
Hunger and Poverty, and recommends the continuation of efforts aimed at
identifying additional sources of financing for the fight against hunger and poverty;
22. Recognizes that the promises made at the World Food Summit in 1996 to
halve the number of persons who are undernourished are not being fulfilled, while
recognizing the efforts of Member States in this regard, and invites once again all
international financial and development institutions, as well as the relevant United
Nations agencies and funds, to give priority to and provide the necessary funding to
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12
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Report of the Conference of FAO, Thirty-first
Session, Rome, 2–13 November 2001 (C 2001/REP), appendix D.
13
Resolution 61/295, annex.
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