A/RES/68/233 Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 41. Looks forward to the implementation of the International Year of Family Farming, 2014, recognizes the important contribution that family farming and smallholder farming can play in providing food security, reducing malnutrition and eradicating poverty in the attainment of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, stresses the importance of development strategies for family farming and smallholder farming, as appropriate, and invites Member States, United Nations agencies, farmers’ organizations and other partners to join efforts to successfully observe the International Year; 42. Reaffirms the commitments to making every effort to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 in support of developing countries, in particular those countries that are lagging most behind and those Goals that are most off track, thus improving the lives of the poorest people; 43. Encourages Member States and all stakeholders to give appropriate consideration to agriculture development, food security and nutrition in the elaboration of the post-2015 development agenda; 44. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session on developments related to issues highlighted in the present resolution; 45. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-ninth session the item entitled “Agriculture development, food security and nutrition”. 71st plenary meeting 20 December 2013 10/10