Agriculture development, food security and nutrition
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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;
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A/70/333.
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