A/RES/71/245
Agriculture development, food security and nutrition
Declaration of the Tenth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization,
there remains a strong commitment of all members to advance ne gotiations on the
remaining Doha issues, including advancing work in all three pillars of agriculture,
namely, domestic support, market access and export competition,
Reaffirming also the right of everyone to have access to safe, sufficient and
nutritious food, consistent with the right to adequate food and the fundamental right
of everyone to be free from hunger, so as to be able to fully develop and maintain
their physical and mental capacities, and underlining the need to make special efforts
to meet nutritional needs, especially of women, children, older persons, indigenous
peoples and persons with disabilities, as well as of those living in vulnerable
situations,
Remaining deeply concerned that, according to the most recent estimates of the
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, about 793 million people
around the world are undernourished and that global nutrition challenges are
increasingly complex as multiple forms of malnutrition, including stunting, wasting,
underweight, micronutrient deficiencies, overweight and obesity, may coexist within
the same country or household,
Noting that an increasing number of countries, in particular in Africa, Asia,
Latin America and the Pacific, are integrating food security and nutrition into the ir
agriculture policies and investment plans and that, as a result, eradicating hunger,
improving food security and ensuring adequate nutrition are being given greater
prominence in regional development strategies, such as the African Union Malabo
Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation for Shared
Prosperity and Improved Livelihoods, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
food security and nutrition strategy, the Piura Declaration on Food Security, the
Framework for Multi-Year Programme on Food Security and Climate Change and
the Strategic Framework on Rural-Urban Development to Strengthen Food Security
and Quality Growth, adopted by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, and the
Hunger-Free Latin America and the Caribbean 2025 Initiative, all of which
emphasized the importance of investing in agriculture, diversifying food production
and diets and providing quality nutritional education to consumers, introducing
labour-saving technologies in food production and processing, enhancing women’s
access to income and strengthening capacity-building in improving food safety at all
stages of the food chain, and also noting the establishment of the Islamic
Organization for Food Security, headquartered in Astana,
Remaining deeply concerned about the continuing food insecurity and
malnutrition being faced by millions of people, in particular in sub -Saharan Africa
and South Asia,
Reiterating the urgent need for action to address the adverse effects of climate
change on food security, in particular for women and youth, as well as the root
causes of food insecurity and malnutrition,
Reiterating also the importance, inter alia, of empowering rural women, youth,
small-scale farmers and family farmers, fishers and fish workers as critica l agents
for enhancing agricultural and rural development and food security and improving
nutrition outcomes,
Acknowledging that social protection programmes and measures are effective
in reducing poverty and hunger,
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