Agriculture development, food security and nutrition A/RES/78/168 Recalling the high-level special event on the theme “Time to act together: coordinating policy responses to the global food crisis”, co -convened by the President of the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session and the Chair of the Committee on World Food Security on 18 July 2022, Taking note with appreciation of the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit, convened by the Secretary-General on 23 and 24 September 2021, as well as its pre-Summit, held from 26 to 28 July 2021 in Rome, and noting the Chair’s Summary and Statement of Action on the United Nations Food Systems Summit, issued by the Secretary-General, taking note with appreciation also of the United Nations Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment, convened by the Secretary General and hosted by the Government of Italy in Rome from 24 to 26 July 2023, Taking note of the Matera Declaration on Food Security, Nutrition and Food Systems adopted by the Group of 20, Welcoming resolution 7/2019 of 28 June 2019 of the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, entitled “Further integration of sustainable agricultural approaches, including agroecology, in the future planning activities of FAO”, 23 and recognizing that agroecology is one approach, among others, to contribute to sustainably feeding a growing population, Taking note of the launch of the Sustainable Food Systems Programme under the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns, 24 an inclusive initiative to accelerate the shift towards sustainable food systems, Encouraging Member States to advance innovative pathways to achieve sustainable consumption and production, in line with United Nations Environment Assembly resolution 4/1 of 15 March 2019, 25 Recalling the operationalization of the Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries, which is helping the least developed countries to strengthen their science, technology and innovation capacities and fostering the development of national and regional innovation ecosystems, as well as developing capacities for partnerships in science, technology and innovation collaboration with other countries worldwide, Noting with appreciation the work undertaken by relevant international bodies and organizations, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) and the Joint Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/International Atomic Energy Agency Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, on agricultural development and on achieving food securi ty and improving nutrition and food safety, Recalling its resolution 70/259 of 1 April 2016, in which it proclaimed the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016 –2025) and endorsed the Rome Declaration on Nutrition and the Framework for Action adopted at the Second International Conference on Nutrition, and the call upon the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization to implement a work programme for 2016–2025, taking into account contributions from relevant stakeholders, including the private sector, civil society and academia, using __________________ 23 24 25 23-25877 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, document C 2019/REP, appendix D. A/CONF.216/5, annex. UNEP/EA.4/Res.1. 5/19