A/RES/68/209
Agricultural technology for development
Recalling its resolution 64/136 of 18 December 2009 on cooperatives in social
development, in which it proclaimed 2012 the International Year of Cooperatives,
Recalling also its resolution 66/221 of 22 December 2011 on the International
Year of Quinoa, 2013,
Recalling further its resolution 66/222 of 22 December 2011 on the
International Year of Family Farming, 2014,
Recalling the World Summit on Food Security, convened by the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome from 16 to 18 November
2009, and underlining the importance of advancing and implementing agricultural
technologies,
Recalling also the outcome of the thirty-eighth (special) session of the
Committee on World Food Security, held in Rome on 11 May 2012, at which the
Committee endorsed the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of
Tenure of Land, Fisheries, and Forests in the Context of National Food Security, 9
and the outcome of the thirty-ninth session of the Committee, held in Rome from
15 to 20 October 2012,
Welcoming the work of the fortieth session of the Committee on World Food
Security, held in Rome from 7 to 11 October 2013, and taking note of its outcome
document,
Welcoming also the Zero Hunger Challenge initiative launched by the
Secretary-General at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development as
a vision for a future free from hunger,
Welcoming further the commitments set out in the Joint Statement on Global
Food Security, adopted in L’Aquila, Italy, on 10 July 2009, which focused on
sustainable agriculture development,
Recalling the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly on the
Millennium Development Goals, held in New York from 20 to 22 September 2010,
and its outcome document, 10 reaffirming its commitment to achieving the
Millennium Development Goals, while concerned by the pace of progress to date in
achieving those Goals, particularly in countries lagging furthest behind,
Recognizing the beneficial impact that the adoption of agricultural
technologies can have for the achievement of food security and nutrition, poverty
eradication, empowering women and ensuring environmental sustainability,
Taking note of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for
the Decade 2011–2020 adopted at the Fourth United Nations Conference on the
Least Developed Countries, held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 9 to 13 May 2011, 11 and
recognizing the need to continue to work towards fulfilling the commitments made
in the Programme of Action,
Stressing the critical role of women in the agricultural sector and their
contribution to enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food
security and nutrition and eradicating rural poverty, and underlining the fact that
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, document CL 144/9 (C 2013/20), appendix D.
Resolution 65/1.
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Report of the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, Istanbul, Turkey,
9–13 May 2011 (A/CONF.219/7), chap. II.
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