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Reaffirming also 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 further 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 that the complex character of the global food crisis, in which the
right to adequate food is threatened to be violated on a massive scale, is 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
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 importance of the protection and preservation
agrobiodiversity in guaranteeing food security and the right to food for all,
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Recognizing also 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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