A/RES/69/177
The right to food
Reaffirming also the Five Rome Principles for Sustainable Global Food
Security contained in the Declaration of the World Summit on Food Security,
adopted in Rome on 16 November 2009,7
Reaffirming further 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 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 and nutrition
security and poverty eradication,
Reiterating, as set out in the Rome Declaration on World Food Security and
the Declaration of the World Food Summit, 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 and that endanger food and nutrition 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 and
nutrition 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 global food crisis, in which the right
to adequate food has been threatened to be violated on a substantial scale, as a
combination of several major factors, such as the global financial and economic
crisis, environmental degradation, desertification and the impacts of global climate
change, as well as natural disasters and the lack in many countries of the appropriate
technology, investment and capacity-building 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
impacts of the global food crisis,
Expressing its deep concern at the number and scale of natural disasters,
diseases and pest infestations, as well as the negative impact of climate change, and
their increasing impact in recent years, which have resulted in substantial loss of life
and livelihood and threatened agricultural production and food and nutrition
security, in particular in developing countries,
Emphasizing that a multisectoral approach that integrates nutrition across all
sectors, including agriculture, health, water and sanitation, social protection and
education, as well as a gender perspective, is critical to achieving global food and
nutrition security and the realization of the right to food,
Recalling the endorsement of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible
Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National
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See Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, document WSFS 2009/2.