A/RES/60/218
Emphasizing the importance of establishing a strong early warning system for
both food and non-food needs in order to better predict and respond as early as
possible to disasters and to minimize their consequences,
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Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General; 1
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Welcomes the coordinated and collaborative efforts of the Government of
Ethiopia, agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system, the donor
community, non-governmental organizations and other entities, and their timely and
generous response to the joint 2005 appeal so far, and, in this regard, encourages the
international community to strengthen its response to non-food assistance;
Also welcomes the efforts of the Government of Ethiopia, the international
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community and civil society, including non-governmental organizations, to
strengthen mechanisms already in place to respond to such emergency situations,
expresses appreciation of their endeavours to increase the availability of food
through the procurement of local produce and to ensure access of households in
need to food, health and water facilities, sanitation, seeds and veterinary services,
and strongly encourages the Government of Ethiopia to continue such efforts;
Stresses the need to address the underlying causes of food insecurity, and
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issues of recovery, asset protection and the sustainable development of the affected
areas, welcomes in this regard the programme prepared by the Coalition for Food
Security in Ethiopia, and encourages the international community to support the
Coalition in realizing its main objective, namely, breaking the cycle of food aid
dependency within the next three to five years, thereby enabling fifteen million
vulnerable people to engage in sustainable productive activities;
Welcomes the Group of Eight action plan on ending the cycle of famine
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in the Horn of Africa, and looks forward to its full implementation;
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Encourages the Government of Ethiopia to continue to strengthen its
efforts to address the underlying structural causes of recurrent threats of drought as
part of its overall economic development programme;
Calls upon all development partners, in cooperation with the Government
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of Ethiopia, to integrate relief efforts with recovery, asset protection and long-term
development, including the structural and productive options needed to stimulate
accelerated rural growth, and to address the underlying causes of recurrent drought
in Ethiopia in a way that is, inter alia, in line with the poverty reduction strategy
paper and the rural development strategy, bearing in mind the need to prevent such
crises in the future and to improve the resilience of the population;
Welcomes the launch of the Productive Safety Nets Programme at the
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beginning of 2005, and emphasizes the importance of its effective implementation
and its complementarity and coordination with activities undertaken in the context
of the joint 2005 appeal of the United Nations and the Government of Ethiopia for
emergency assistance for Ethiopia as well as with other food security operations;
Welcomes the initiative taken by the Secretary-General in appointing the
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Special Envoy for the Humanitarian Crisis in the Horn of Africa, with the objective
of mobilizing resources to address the root causes of food insecurity as well as the
sustainable development of the affected areas;
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A/60/302.