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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition
including by strengthening the work of the reformed Consultative Group on
International Agricultural Research so as to enhance its development impact,
supporting national research systems, public universities and research institutions and
promoting technology transfer on mutually agreed terms, the voluntary sharing of
knowledge and practices and research to adapt to climate change and improve
equitable access to research results and technologies on mutually agreed terms at the
national, regional and international levels, while giving due consideration to the
preservation of genetic resources;
30. Stresses that a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and
equitable, multilateral trading system will promote agriculture and rural development
in developing countries and contribute to world food security and nutrition, and urges
national, regional and international strategies to promote the inclusive participation
of farmers and fishers and fish workers, especially small-scale farmers, including
women, in community, national, regional and international markets;
31. Recognizes the efforts made by Member States and United Nations
agencies that have already announced their commitments to the United Nations
Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016–2025), and encourages all relevant stakeholders
to actively support the implementation of the Decade, including by making
commitments and establishing action networks;
32. Looks forward to the upcoming commencement of the United Nations
Decade of Family Farming (2019–2028), and in this regard encourages the full
implementation of resolution 72/239, which supports the development, improvement
and implementation of public policies on family farming;
33. Stresses the need to continue to strengthen cooperation and coordination
among the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International
Fund for Agricultural Development, the World Food Programme, the World Health
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 between these organizations
and with non-governmental organizations and the public and private sectors in
promoting and strengthening efforts towards sustainable agriculture development,
food security and nutrition;
34. 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;
35. Looks forward to the second High-level United Nations Conference on
South-South Cooperation, to be held in Buenos Aires from 20 to 22 March 2019;
36. 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;
37. 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
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