A/RES/70/223
United Nations
Distr.: General
23 February 2016
General Assembly
Seventieth session
Agenda item 26
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 December 2015
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/70/478)]
70/223. Agriculture development, food security and nutrition
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 65/178 of 20 December 2010, 66/220 of 22 December
2011, 67/228 of 21 December 2012, 68/233 of 20 December 2013 and 69/240 of
19 December 2014,
Recalling also the Declaration of the World Summit on Food Security, 1
particularly the Five Rome Principles for Sustainable Global Food Security, and
noting the Rome Declaration on Nutrition, 2 as well as the Framework for Action, 3
which provides a set of voluntary policy options and strategies for use by
Governments, as appropriate, adopted at the Second International Conference on
Nutrition, held in Rome from 19 to 21 November 2014,
Recalling further the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, 4
Agenda 21, 5 the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21, 6 the
Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development 7 and the Plan of
Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg
Plan of Implementation), 8 the Monterrey Consensus of the International Conference
on Financing for Development, 9 the 2005 World Summit Outcome, 10 the Doha
Declaration on Financing for Development: outcome document of the Follow -up
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1
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, document WSFS 2009/2.
World Health Organization, document EB 136/8, annex I.
3
World Health Organization, document EB 136/8, annex II.
4
Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3–14 June
1992, vol. I, Resolutions Adopted by the Conference (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.93.I.8 and
corrigendum), resolution 1, annex I.
5
Ibid., annex II.
6
Resolution S-19/2, annex.
7
Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa,
26 August–4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and corrigendum),
chap. I, resolution 1, annex.
8
Ibid., resolution 2, annex.
9
Report of the International Conference on Financing for Development, Monterrey, Mexico, 18–22 March
2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.02.II.A.7), chap. I, resolution 1, annex.
10
Resolution 60/1.
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