A/RES/72/205 Commodities to facilitate timely access to market information, including o n food reserves, in order to help to limit extreme food price volatility, and implementation target 9.b under Goal 9 of the 2030 Agenda, the aim of which is to support domestic technology development, research and innovation in developing countries, includ ing by ensuring a conducive policy environment for, inter alia, industrial diversification and value addition to commodities, Recalling also the Sendai Declaration 3 and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, 4 Noting the ongoing efforts to implement the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011–2020, adopted in May 2011 at the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, 5 the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway, adopted in September 2014 at the third International Conference on Small Island Developing States, 6 and the Vienna Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing Countries for the Decade 2014– 2024, adopted in November 2014 at the second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries, 7 and recognizing the special challenges facing middle-income countries, Noting also the holding of the one-day informal interactive dialogue on commodity markets in New York on 16 May 2016, from which resulted a set of conclusions and observations aimed at cushioning the adverse impact of excessive commodity price volatility on global sustainable development efforts, Reaffirming the importance of supporting Agenda 2063 of the African Union, as well as its first 10-year implementation plan, as a strategic framework for ensuring a positive socioeconomic transformation in Africa within the next 5 0 years, its continental programme embedded in the resolutions of the General Assembly on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, and regional initiatives, Taking note of the targets set out in the Declaration of the World Summit on Food Security, held in Rome from 16 to 18 November 2009, 8 which reaffirms the pledge to end hunger and poverty, Noting the High-level Task Force on Global Food and Nutrition Security, supporting the Secretary-General’s Zero Hunger Challenge initiative, initiated in 2012, and the twin-track approach enunciated in the updated comprehensive framework for action produced by the United Nations system High-level Task Force on Global Food and Nutrition Security in September 2010, Recalling the Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development and its outcome document, 9 Recalling also the International Conference on Financing for Development, held in Monterrey, Mexico, from 18 to 22 March 2002, and the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus, held in Doha from 29 November to 2 December 2008, Reaffirming its resolution 69/313 of 27 July 2015 on the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, which __________________ 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2/8 Resolution 69/283, annex I. Ibid., annex II. Report of the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, Istanbul, Turkey, 9–13 May 2011 (A/CONF.219/7), chap. II. Resolution 69/15, annex. Resolution 69/137, annex II. See Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, document WSFS 2009/2. Resolution 63/303, annex. 17-23270

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