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Commodities (2014), para. 30 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 11. Also recognizes the ongoing inclusive consultative process within the Committee on World Food Security to develop voluntary and non-binding principles for responsible agricultural investments that are intended for all stakeholders that are involved in, benefit from or are affected by these principles; |
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The right to food (2017), para. 38 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 8. Encourages the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the right to food to continue to mainstream a gender perspective in the fulfilment of her mandate, and encourages the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and all other United Nations bodies and mechanisms addressing the right to food and food insecurity to continue to integrate a gender perspective into their relevant policies, programmes and activities; |
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Humanitarian assistance and rehabilitation for Ethiopia (2006), para. 15 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 3. Also welcomes the efforts of the Government of Ethiopia, the international community and civil society, including non-governmental organizations, to strengthen mechanisms already in place to respond to such emergency situations, expresses appreciation of their endeavours to increase the availability of food through the procurement of local produce and to ensure access of households in need to food, health and water facilities, sanitation, seeds and veterinary services, and strongly encourages the Government of Ethiopia to continue such efforts; |
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Questions of American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guam, Montserrat, Tokelau, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands (1995), para. 089 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 3. Reiterates its call upon the administering Power to facilitate the admission of the Territory to associate membership in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, as well as its participation in other regional and international organizations; |
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Industrial development cooperation (2013), para. 13 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Underscoring the importance of the transfer of technology and knowledge networking on mutually agreed terms to developing countries as an effective means of international cooperation in the pursuit of the eradication of poverty and hunger and of sustainable development, |
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The right to food (2011), para. 29 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 10. Stresses that improving access to productive resources and public investment in rural development are essential for eradicating hunger and poverty, in particular in developing countries, including through the promotion of investments in appropriate small-scale irrigation and water management technologies in order to reduce vulnerability to droughts; |
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The right to food (2019), para. 72 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 34. Stresses the importance of international cooperation and development assistance as an effective contribution to the expansion and improvement of agriculture and its environmental sustainability, food production, breeding projects on diversity of crops and livestock and institutional innovations such as community seed banks, farmer field schools and seed fairs, and to the provision of humanitarian food assistance in activities related to emergency situations for the realization of the right to food and the achievement of sustainable food security, while recognizing that each country has the primary responsibility for ensuring the implementation of national programmes and strategies in this regard; |
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community (2009), para. 15 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Gravely concerned about the current daunting international environment, characterized by, inter alia, crises in food and energy security, the impact of global warming and an international financial system in turmoil, all of which create enormous challenges for the development efforts of the countries of the Caribbean Community, |
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The right to food (2017), para. 04 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Recalling further the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which provides that everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for her or his health and well-being, including food, the Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition, the United Nations Millennium Declaration, in particular Millennium Development Goal 1 on eradicating extreme poverty and hunger by 2015, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in particular the Sustainable Development Goals on ending hunger, achieving food security and improved nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture and on ending poverty in all its forms everywhere, |
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The right to food (2018), para. 53 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 25. Stresses that all States should make every effort to ensure that their international policies of a political and economic nature, including international trade agreements, do not have a negative impact on the right to food in other countries; |
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The right to food (2008), para. 30 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 13. Requests all States and private actors, as well as international organizations within their respective mandates, to take fully into account the need to promote the effective realization of the right to food for all, including in the ongoing negotiations in different fields; |
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New Urban Agenda (2017), para. 158 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 123. We will promote the integration of food security and the nutritional needs of urban residents, particularly the urban poor, in urban and territorial planning, in order to end hunger and malnutrition. We will promote the coordination of sustainable food security and agriculture policies across urban, peri-urban and rural areas to facilitate the production, storage, transport and marketing of food to consumers in adequate and affordable ways in order to reduce food losses and prevent and reuse food waste. We will further promote the coordination of food policies with energy, water, health, transport and waste policies, maintain the genetic diversity of seeds, reduce the use of hazardous chemicals and implement other policies in urban areas to maximize efficiencies and minimize waste. |
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Science and technology for development (2006), para. 03 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Recognizing the vital role that science and technology can play in development and in facilitating efforts to eradicate poverty, achieve food security, fight diseases, improve education, protect the environment, accelerate the pace of economic diversification and transformation and improve productivity and competitiveness, |
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World Food Safety Day (2019), para. 05 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Noting also that improving food safety contributes positively to trade, employment and poverty alleviation, |
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Emergency humanitarian assistance to Ethiopia (2004), para. 06 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Bearing in mind the joint 2004 appeal of the United Nations and the Government of Ethiopia for emergency assistance for Ethiopia, to respond to the food and non-food requirements of households in need so as to prevent the worsening of the current humanitarian crisis, |
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The right to food (2018), para. 08 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Acknowledging that the right to food has been recognized as the right of every individual, alone or in community with others, to have physical and economic access at all times to sufficient, adequate and nutritious food, in conformity with, inter alia, the culture, beliefs, traditions, dietary habits and preferences of individuals, and that is produced and consumed sustainably, thereby preserving access to food for future generations, |
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition (2014), para. 13 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Recalling also the adoption on 10 March 2010 of the Abuja Declaration on Development of Agribusiness and Agro-industries in Africa by the High-level Conference on the Development of Agribusiness and Agro-industries in Africa, endorsed by the Executive Council of the African Union at its eighteenth ordinary session, in which a call was made for, inter alia, renewed commitment to increasing allocations in national budgets to the agricultural sector and for the adoption of programmes to accelerate the development of value chains for strategic food commodities, build competitive food supply systems and reduce reliance on food imports, |
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The right to food (2011), para. 49 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 20. Recognizes the need to strengthen national commitment as well as international assistance, upon the request of and in cooperation with affected countries, towards the full realization and protection of the right to food and, in particular, to develop national protection mechanisms for people forced to leave their homes and land because of hunger or humanitarian emergencies affecting the enjoyment of the right to food; |
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The right to food (2018), para. 16 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Recognizing that, despite the efforts made and the fact that some positive results have been achieved, the problems of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition have a global dimension and that there has not been sufficient progress in reducing hunger, and that they could increase dramatically in some regions unless urgent, determined and concerted action is taken, |
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The right to food (2019), para. 04 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1 which provides that everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for her or his health and well - being, including food, the Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition, 2 the United Nations Millennium Declaration, in particular Millennium Development Goal 1 on eradicating extreme poverty and hunger by 2015, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 4 in particular the Sustainable Development Goals on ending hunger, achieving food security and improved nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture and on ending poverty in all its forms everywhere, |
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The right to food (2008), para. 02 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Recalling all its previous resolutions on the issue of the right to food, in particular resolution 61/163 of 19 December 2006, and Human Rights Council resolution 6/2 of 27 September 2007, 0F 1 as well as all resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights in this regard, |
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The right to food (2003), para. 10 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Reiterating, as did the Rome Declaration as well as the Declaration of the World Food Summit: five years later, 7 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, |
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The right to food (2017), para. 43 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 13. Encourages all States to take steps, with a view to progressively achieving the full realization of the right to food, including steps to promote the conditions for everyone to be free from hunger and, as soon as possible, to enjoy fully the right to food, and to create and adopt national plans to combat hunger; |
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Agricultural technology for sustainable development (2020), para. 42 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 14. Stresses the need to significantly reduce pre-harvest, post-harvest and other food losses and waste throughout the food supply chain through, inter alia, improved production planning, the promotion of resource-efficient production and processing practices, improved preservation and packing technologies, improved transportation and logistics management and enhanced household and business awareness of food losses and waste prevention, to help all actors in the value chain to enjoy greater benefits and to contribute to environmental protection; |
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Keeping the promise: united to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (2010), para. 106 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | (l) Strengthening international coordination and governance for food security, through the Global Partnership for Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition, of which the Committee on World Food Security is a central component, and reiterating that it is essential to enhance global governance, building on existing institutions and fostering effective partnerships; |
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition (2014), para. 25 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Highlighting the importance of the five strategic objectives of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, |
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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. 149 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | 89. Welcomes the continued development of the Global Record of Fishing Vessels, Refrigerated Transport Vessels and Supply Vessels by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, including its efforts to keep it cost- effective, and encourages States, including through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to provide the necessary data to the Global Record; |
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The right to food (2019), para. 05 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which provides that everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for his or her health and well-being, including food, the Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition, the United Nations Millennium Declaration, in particular Millennium Development Goal 1 on eradicating extreme poverty and hunger by 2015, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in particular the Sustainable Development Goals on ending hunger, achieving food security and improved nutrition, and promoting sustainable agriculture and on ending poverty in all its forms everywhere, |
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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. 039 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Reaffirming the importance of sustainable aquaculture to food security, and concerned about the potential effects of genetically engineered aquatic fish species on the health and sustainability of wild fish stocks, |
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Impact of rapid technological change on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (2018), para. 07 | Feb 25, 2020 | Paragraph | Recognizing also the vital role that science, technology and innovation, including environmentally sound technologies, can play in development and in facilitating efforts to address global challenges, such as efforts to eradicate poverty, achieve food security and nutrition, improve agriculture, enhance access to energy and increase energy efficiency, fight diseases, improve education, protect the environment, accelerate the pace of economic diversification and transformation, improve productivity and competitiveness and ultimately support sustainable development, |
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