A/RES/63/187
Bearing in mind paragraph 6 of its resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006,
Reaffirming that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and
interrelated, and that they must be treated globally, in a fair and equal manner, on
the same footing and with the same emphasis,
Reaffirming also that a peaceful, stable and enabling political, social and
economic environment, at both the national and the international levels, is the
essential foundation that will enable States to give adequate priority to food security
and poverty eradication,
Reiterating, as in the Rome Declaration on World Food Security and the
Declaration of the World Food Summit: five years later, that food should not be
used as an instrument of political or economic pressure, and reaffirming in this
regard the importance of international cooperation and solidarity, as well as the
necessity of refraining from unilateral measures that are not in accordance with
international law and the Charter of the United Nations and that endanger food
security,
Convinced that each State must adopt a strategy consistent with its resources
and capacities to achieve its individual goals in implementing the recommendations
contained in the Rome Declaration on World Food Security and the World Food
Summit Plan of Action and, at the same time, cooperate regionally and
internationally in order to organize collective solutions to global issues of food
security in a world of increasingly interlinked institutions, societies and economies
where coordinated efforts and shared responsibilities are essential,
Recognizing the complex character of the worsening of the current global food
crisis, in which the right to adequate food is threatened to be violated on a massive
scale, as a combination of several major factors, including macroeconomic factors,
exacerbated by environmental degradation, desertification and global climate
change, natural disasters and the lack of the technology necessary to confront its
impact, particularly in developing countries, least developed countries and small
island developing States,
Resolved to act to ensure that the human rights perspective is taken into
account at the national, regional and international levels in measures to address the
current global food crisis,
Expressing its deep concern at the number and scale of natural disasters,
diseases and pests and their increasing impact in recent years, which have resulted
in massive loss of life and livelihood and threatened agricultural production and
food security, in particular in developing countries,
Stressing the importance of reversing the continuing decline of official
development assistance devoted to agriculture, both in real terms and as a share of
total official development assistance,
Recognizing the role of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations as the key United Nations agency for rural and agricultural development
and its work in supporting the efforts of Member States to achieve the full
realization of the right to food, including through its provision of technical
assistance to developing countries in support of the implementation of national
priority frameworks,
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