The right to food
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19. Urges States that have not yet done so to favourably consider becoming
parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity 15 and to consider becoming parties
to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture 16 as
a matter of priority;
20. Recalls the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples, 17 acknowledges that many indigenous organizations and representatives of
indigenous peoples have expressed in different forums t heir deep concerns over the
obstacles and challenges they face in achieving the full enjoyment of the right to
food, and calls upon States to take special actions to combat the root causes of the
disproportionately high level of hunger and malnutrition amo ng indigenous peoples
and the continuous discrimination against them;
21. Welcomes the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the
General Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, held on
22 and 23 September 2014, 18 and the commitment to developing, in conjunction
with the indigenous peoples concerned and where appropriate, policies, programmes
and resources to support indigenous peoples’ occupations, traditional subsistence
activities, economies, livelihoods, food security and nutrition;
22. Notes the need to further examine various concepts, such as “food
sovereignty”, and their relation with food security and the right to food, bearing in
mind the need to avoid any negative impact on the enjoyment of the right to food f or
all people at all times;
23. Requests all States and private actors, as well as international
organizations, within their respective mandates, to take fully into account the need
to promote the effective realization of the right to food for all, includ ing in the
ongoing negotiations in different fields;
24. Recognizes the need to strengthen national commitment as well as
international assistance, upon the request of and in cooperation with the affected
countries, towards the full realization and protection of the right to food, and in
particular to develop national protection mechanisms for people forced to leave their
homes and land because of hunger or humanitarian emergencies affecting their
enjoyment of the right to food;
25. Takes note with appreciation of the growing movement, in different
regions of the world, towards the adoption of framework laws, national strategies
and measures in support of the full realization of the right to food for all;
26. Stresses the need to make efforts to mobilize and optimize the allocation
and utilization of technical and financial resources from all sources, including
external debt relief for developing countries, and to reinforce national actions to
implement sustainable food security policies;
27. Calls for a successful, development-oriented outcome of the outstanding
issues of the Doha Round of trade negotiations of the World Trade Organization as a
contribution to creating international conditions that permit the full realization of
the right to food;
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15
Ibid., vol. 1760, No. 30619.
Ibid., vol. 2400, No. 43345.
17
Resolution 61/295, annex.
18
Resolution 69/2.
16
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