A/RES/76/264
State of global food insecurity
Expressing concern that the rise in food prices is reversing years of progress in
reducing hunger and further undermining the efforts to achieve Sustainab l e
Development Goal 2,2 exacerbating inequalities, especially between rural and urban
areas, and disproportionately affecting the poor, persons with disabilities, women ,
youth, older persons and children, as well as those living in vulnerable situations,
Expressing its deep concern that, while women contribute more than 50 per cent
of the food produced worldwide, they also account for 70 per cent of the worl d ’s
hungry, that women and girls are disproportionately affected by hunger, foo d
insecurity and poverty, in part as a result of gender inequality and discrimination, that
in many countries girls are twice as likely as boys to die from malnutrition and
preventable childhood diseases, and that it is estimated that almost twice as man y
women as men suffer from malnutrition,
Noting the continued crisis in supply chains and the disruptions to transport and
shipping, contributing to a surge in shipping and transport costs, particularly affect i n g
developing countries,
Noting also the rise in energy and fuel prices, which is increasing foo d
commodity prices, narrowing fiscal space at a time when the coronavirus disease
(COVID-19 ) pandemic has exacerbated pre-existing debt vulnerabilities and exposed
fragilities in the global financial architecture, with many developing countries at high
risk of or already in debt distress,
Deeply concerned, in this regard, that 60 per cent of least developed countri es
and other low-income countries are now assessed to be at high risk of or already in
debt distress, while around a quarter of middle-income countries remain at high risk,
Noting with concern that droughts and other adverse effects of climate chang e,
including more frequent and extreme weather events, are among t he key fact o rs
contributing to a reversal in the long-term progress in fighting global hunger,
malnutrition and food insecurity, making the prospect of ending hunger and all fo rms
of malnutrition by 2030 more difficult,
Recognizing that armed conflict impacts on food security can be direct, such as
displacement from land, livestock grazing areas and fishing grounds or destruction o f
food stocks and agricultural assets, or indirect, such as disruptions to food syst ems
and markets, leading to increased food prices or decreased household purchasi n g
power, or decreased access to supplies that are necessary for food preparat i o n ,
including water and fuel,
Deeply concerned that food insecurity could aggravate social and civil unrest
and instability,
Expressing deep concern about the impact of the food security crisis on the
assistance provided by United Nations humanitarian agencies, in particular the Worl d
Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat and the Office of the Unit ed
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,
Welcoming the call for urgent coordinated action on food security made on
13 April 2022 by the heads of the World Bank Group, the International Monetary
Fund, the World Food Programme and the World Trade Organization,
Noting the outcomes of the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summi t
convened by the Secretary-Gen eral ,
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See resolution 70/1.
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