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participation of farmers and fishers and fish workers, especially small-scale farmers,
including women, in community, national, regional and international markets;
26. Also stresses the need to continue to strengthen cooperation 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 with non -governmental
organizations and the public and private sectors in promoting and strengthening
efforts towards sustainable agriculture development, food security and nut rition;
27. 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;
28. 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 role that the Committee could play in support of the integrated
implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those related to
ending hunger and malnutrition;
29. 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, 19 as well as the voluntary Principles for Responsible Investment in
Agriculture and Food Systems, 18 as endorsed by the Committee on World Food
Security in 2012 and 2014, respectively;
30. 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;
31. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its
seventy-second session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, and
decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy -second session the item
entitled “Agriculture development, food security and nutrition”, unless otherwise
agreed.
66th plenary meeting
21 December 2016
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