Agriculture development, food security and nutrition A/RES/70/223 response and recovery exercises, at the national and local levels, 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, Recalling also that the Sustainable Development Goals and targets are integrated and indivisible and balance the three dimensions of sustainable development, and acknowledging that reaching Goal 2 and the interlinked targets of the other Sustainable Development Goals will be critical, inter alia, in ending hunger and all forms of malnutrition, Welcoming the launch, at Expo Milan on 22 October 2015, of the Sustainable Food Systems Programme under the 10-year framework of programmes on sustainable consumption and production patterns, 22 which aims to accelerate the shift towards more sustainable food systems, Stressing the importance of inclusiveness within the United Nations development system and that no country is left behind in the impl ementation of the present resolution, 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General; 23 2. Stresses the importance of continued consideration of the issue of agriculture, development, food security and nutrition, and encourages Member States and all stakeholders to give due consideration to this issue while implementing the internationally agreed development goals, including the Sustainable Development Goals; 24 3. Reiterates the importance of developing countries determining their own food security strategies, that improving food security and nutrition is a global challenge and a national policy responsibility and that any plans for addressing this challenge in the context of eradicating poverty must be nationally articulated, designed, owned, led and built in consultation, as an inclusive process, with all key stakeholders at the national level, as appropriate, and urges Member States, especially those affected, to make food security and nutrition a high priority and to reflect this in their national programmes and budgets; 4. Calls upon the international community to continue to support the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme and its results framework, which is an integral component of the Programme that provides guidance on planning and implementing investment programmes; 5. Welcomes the increased political commitment by Member States to tackle hunger and all forms of malnutrition, in this regard welcomes the Scaling Up Nutrition movement, and encourages Member States to engage in the movement at the global and country levels to further reduce global hunger and all forms of malnutrition, in particular in women, especially pregnant and lactating women, and children under age 2; _______________ 22 A/CONF.216/5, annex. A/70/333. 24 Resolution 70/1. 23 5/9

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