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the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those related to ending hunger and
malnutrition;
38. 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, 25 as well as the voluntary Principles for Responsible Investment in
Agriculture and Food Systems, 24 as endorsed by the Committee on World Food
Security in 2012 and 2014, respectively;
39. Also encourages countries to fully engage in the ongoing development of
the Committee on Food Security voluntary guidelines on food systems and nutrition
supporting the transformation towards more sustainable food systems that safeguard
the health and nutrition of populations;
40. Further 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, 31 as well as the United Nations strategic plan for forests
2017–2030 adopted by the General Assembly in 2017; 23
41. 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;
42. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its
seventy-fourth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, and
decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fourth session the item
entitled “Agriculture development, food security and nutrition”, unless otherwise
agreed.
62nd plenary meeting
20 December 2018
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