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Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure (2011), para. 90
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- Dissemination and information on the Optional Protocol
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Agriculture development and food security (2010), para. 03
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- Welcoming also the convening of the World Summit on Food Security in Rome from 16 to 18 November 2009,
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- Food & Nutrition
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Agricultural technology for sustainable development (2018), para. 04
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- Welcoming 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, and recalling the Rome Declaration on Nutrition, adopted at the Second International Conference on Nutrition, 1 the Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016–2025) 2 and the recommendations contained in the report on nutrition and food systems of the High-level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition, adopted at the forty-fourth session of the Committee on World Food Security, 3
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- Mar 5, 2020
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The right to food (2016), para. 61
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- 34. Calls upon Member States, the United Nations system and other relevant stakeholders to support national efforts aimed at responding rapidly to the food crises currently occurring across different regions, and expresses its deep concern that funding shortfalls are forcing the World Food Programme to cut operations across different regions, including Southern Africa;
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- Food & Nutrition
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- Humanitarian
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition (2019), para. 03
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- 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, 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,
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- Food & Nutrition
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Question of the Turks and Caicos Islands (2019), para. 18
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- Noting with appreciation the contribution to the development of some Territories by the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, in particular the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, the United Nations Development Programme and the World Food Programme, as well as regional institutions such as the Caribbean Development Bank, the Caribbean Community, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, the Pacific Islands Forum and the agencies of the Council of Regional Organizations in the Pacific,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
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- Mar 5, 2020
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The right to food (2002), para. 27
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- 15. Supports the recommendation that the High Commissioner organize a fourth expert consultation on the right to food, with a focus on the realization of this right as part of strategies and policies for the eradication of poverty, inviting experts from all regions;
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- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments (2008), para. 149
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- 105. Notes with satisfaction that the Committee on Fisheries considered at its twenty-seventh session the issue of derelict fishing gear, agreed that it is particularly relevant to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and requested that the Organization consult with the International Maritime Organization in its efforts related to marine debris; 5
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- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
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- Mar 5, 2020
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The right to food (2006), para. 05
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- Bearing in mind the Rome Declaration on World Food Security and the World Food Summit Plan of Action 6 and the Declaration of the World Food Summit: five years later, adopted in Rome on 13 June 2002, 7
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- Food & Nutrition
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition (2020), para. 56
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- 7. Reiterates the importance of developing countries determining their own food security strategies, that improving food security and nutrition is a global challenge and a national policy responsibility and that any plans for addressing this challenge in the context of eradicating poverty must be nationally articulated, designed, owned, led and built in consultation, as an inclusive process, with all key stakeholders at the national level, as appropriate, and urges Member States, especially those affected, to make food security, food safety and nutrition a high priority and to reflect this in their national programmes and budgets;
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- Food & Nutrition
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition (2017), para. 15
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- Recalling the declaration of 2016–2025 as the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition, based on the Rome Declaration on Nutrition and the Framework for Action, and the call upon the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization to identify and develop a work programme for 2016–2025, taking into account contributions from relevant stakeholders, including the private sector, using coordinating mechanisms such as the Standing Committee on Nutrition and multi-stakeholder platforms such as the Committee on World Food Security,
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- Food & Nutrition
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments (2013), para. 051
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- 4. Encourages States to give due priority to the implementation of the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg Plan of Implementation) 11 in relation to achieving sustainable fisheries, especially restoring depleted stocks to levels that can produce maximum sustainable yield on an urgent basis and, where possible, not later than 2015, and recalls that in “The future we want”, States committed themselves to intensify their efforts to meet that target and to urgently take the measures necessary to maintain or restore all stocks at least to levels that can produce the maximum sustainable yield, with the aim of achieving those goals in the shortest time feasible, as determined by their biological characteristics, and in order to achieve this, to urgently develop and implement science-based management plans, including by reducing or suspending fishing catch and fishing effort commensurate with the status of the stock, consistent with international law, the applicable international instruments and relevant General Assembly resolutions and guidelines of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations;
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- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
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- Mar 5, 2020
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The right to food (2018), para. 80
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- 47. Requests the Special Rapporteur to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-third session an interim report on the implementation of the present resolution and to continue her work, including by examining the emerging issues with regard to the realization of the right to food that are within her mandate;
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- Food & Nutrition
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Sustainable mountain development (2017), para. 16
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- 2. Encourages States to adopt a long-term vision and holistic approaches, including through incorporating mountain-specific policies into national sustainable development strategies, increase efforts to end poverty in all its forms and dimensions and address food insecurity and malnutrition, social exclusion, environmental degradation and disaster risk in mountain areas, taking into account that an integrated landscape approach which addresses natural resources management, including watershed and sustainable forest management as well as climate change resilience through multi-stakeholder approaches, can lead to the sustainable development of highland areas, the improvement of the livelihood of the local mountain communities and the sustainable use of mountain resources;
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- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Question of Anguilla (2016), para. 18
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- Noting with appreciation the contribution to the development of some Territories by the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, in particular the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, the United Nations Development Programme and the World Food Programme, as well as regional institutions such as the Caribbean Development Bank, the Caribbean Community, the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, the Pacific Islands Forum and the agencies of the Council of Regional Organizations in the Pacific,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Sustainable mountain development (2008), para. 43
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- 35. Further encourages all relevant entities of the United Nations system, within their respective mandates, to further enhance their constructive efforts to strengthen inter-agency collaboration to achieve more effective implementation of the relevant chapters of Agenda 21, 1 including chapter 13, and paragraph 42 and other relevant paragraphs of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, 2 taking into account the efforts of the Inter-Agency Group on Mountains and the need for the further involvement of the United Nations system, in particular the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations University, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund, as well as international financial institutions and other relevant international organizations;
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- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
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Convention on Biological Diversity (2010), para. 43
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- 22. Invites countries to consider ratifying or acceding to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture; 13F 14
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- Food & Nutrition
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition (2020), para. 19
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- Welcoming also resolution 7/2019 of 28 June 2019 of the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, entitled “Further integration of sustainable agricultural approaches, including agroecology, in the future planning activities of FAO”, 23 and recognizing that agroecology is one approach, among others, to contribute to sustainably feeding a growing population,
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- Environment
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (2015), para. 07
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- Highlighting the commitment demonstrated by the Community of Portuguese- speaking Countries in addressing the issue of food and nutrition security, namely, through the work of the Food and Nutrition Security Council of the Community and the “Together against Hunger” campaign,
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- Food & Nutrition
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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (2003), para. 33
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- 18. Requests the Secretary-General, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 54/4 of 6 October 1999, to provide the resources, including staff and facilities, necessary for the effective functioning of the Committee within its full mandate, taking into account in particular the entry into force of the Optional Protocol;
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- Food & Nutrition
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Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly (2010), para. 71
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- 57. Invites the Commission for Social Development to emphasize in its review of the implementation of the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and the Programme of Action the increased exchange of national, regional and international experiences, the focused and interactive dialogues among experts and practitioners and the sharing of best practices and lessons learned, and to address, inter alia, the potential impact of the ongoing world financial and economic crisis and the world food and energy crises on social development goals;
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- Food & Nutrition
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- Humanitarian
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The right to food (2020), para. 76
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- 35. Also stresses that States parties to the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights should consider implementing that agreement in a manner that is supportive of food security;
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- Food & Nutrition
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Agriculture development and food security (2010), para. 20
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- Taking note of the work to be undertaken, including by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the International Fund for Agricultural Development, on the follow-up to the International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development, in view of its relevance to food security,
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- Food & Nutrition
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Question of American Samoa (2018), para. 19
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- Noting with appreciation the contribution to the development of some Territories by the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, in particular the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, the United Nations Development Programme and the World Food Programme, as well as regional institutions such as the Caribbean Development Bank, the Caribbean Community, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, the Pacific Islands Forum and the agencies of the Council of Regional Organizations in the Pacific,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
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The right to food (2017), para. 64
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- 34. Also stresses that States parties to the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights should consider implementing that agreement in a manner that is supportive of food security, while being mindful of the obligation of Member States to promote and protect the right to food;
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- Economic Rights
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (2015), para. 16
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- Recognizing the endorsement of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security 7 by the Committee on World Food Security in 2012,
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- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
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The right to food (2017), para. 14
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- 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,
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- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
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Sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments (2015), para. 078
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- 25. Invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to consider the potential effects of genetically engineered fish species on the health and sustainability of wild fish stocks and on the biodiversity of the aquatic environment and to provide guidance, consistent with the Code, on minimizing harmful impacts in this regard;
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- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
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International cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space (2008), para. 71
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- 33. Notes with satisfaction that the panel on space applications and food security, comprising the Chairman of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and representatives of the Division for Sustainable Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, held a discussion at United Nations Headquarters on 13 October 2008;
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- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Mar 5, 2020
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The right to food (2016), para. 71
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- 44. Invites Governments, relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, treaty bodies, civil society actors and non-governmental organizations, as well as the private sector, to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur in the fulfilment of her mandate through, inter alia, the submission of comments and suggestions on ways and means of realizing the right to food;
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- Food & Nutrition
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