A/RES/80/210 The right to food countries and small island developing States, and the need for coherence and collaboration between international institutions at the global level, Noting with great concern that millions of people are facing famine or the immediate risk of famine or are experiencing severe food insecurity in several regions of the world, and noting also that poverty, armed conflicts, drought and the volatility of commodity prices are among the factors causing or exacerbating famine and severe food insecurity and that additional efforts, including international support, to respond, prevent and prepare for increasing global food insecurity are urgently needed, Noting the negative impact of the rise in international food commodity prices, further affecting people in vulnerable situations, Noting also the rise in energy and fuel prices, which has had an impact on the increase in food commodity prices, and noting further the rise in fertilizer prices and the shortages caused by supply chain disruptions, affecting crop yields and threatening future agricultural productivity and production, especially of wheat, maize, millet, rice, sunflower oil and other essential foodstuffs, Recalling its resolution 76/264 of 23 May 2022, entitled “State of global food insecurity”, in which the General Assembly welcomed the initiative by the Secretary General to establish a Global Crisis Response Group on Food, Energy and Finance, with a Steering Committee chaired by the Deputy Secretary-General, while also taking note of other relevant initiatives, such as the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty, aimed at promoting food security and improved nutrition, including for those in vulnerable situations, Recognizing the negative global impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID‑19) pandemic, and recognizing also that full recovery from the pandemic requires unity, solidarity and multilateral cooperation, while recalling that the poorest and those who may be vulnerable or in vulnerable situations have been the hardest hit by the pandemic and that the impact of the crisis has reversed hard -won development gains and the fulfilment of the right to food for all, and hampered progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, including Goal 2, which aims to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, Expressing its deep concern over the negative effects of armed conflicts on the fulfilment of the right to food, Recognizing that armed conflict impacts on food security can be direct, such as displacement from land, livestock grazing areas and fishing grounds or destruction of food stocks and agricultural assets, or indirect, such as disruptions to food systems and markets, leading to increased food prices or decreased household purchasing power, or decreased access to supplies that are necessary for food preparation, including water and fuel, Stressing the obligation of all States and parties to an armed conflict to protect civilians, in accordance with international humanitarian law, and calling upon Member States, the United Nations and other relevant organizations to take further steps to provide a coordinated emergency response to the food and nutrition needs of affected populations, while aiming to ensure that such steps are supportive of national strategies and programmes aimed at improving food security and nutrition, Reaffirming that starvation of civilians as a method of warfare is prohibited under international humanitarian law and that it is therefore prohibited to attack, destroy, remove or render useless, for that purpose, objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population, such as foodstuffs, agricultural areas for the 4/13 25-20966