A/RES/80/210 The right to food Welcoming the commitment contained in the Doha Political Declaration of the “World Social Summit” under the title “the Second World Summit for Social Development” 5 to end hunger, malnutrition and poverty and to ensure the right to food for all to achieve inclusive social development, Welcoming also the convening of the First Leaders’ Meeting of the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty, held in Qatar on 3 November 2025, on the margins of the Second World Summit for Social Development, Welcoming further the commitment to end hunger and eliminate food insecurity and all forms of malnutrition, reaffirmed by Member States in the Pact for the Future, 6 Recalling the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 7 in which the fundamental right of every person to be free from hunger is recognized, Bearing in mind the importance of the Rome Declaration on World Food Security, the World Food Summit Plan of Action and the Declaration of the World Food Summit: five years later, adopted in Rome on 13 June 2002, 8 Recalling the adoption of the Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security by the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in November 2004, 9 and reaffirming the importance of the recommendations contained therein, 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, nutritious food, in conformity with, inter alia, the culture, beliefs, traditions, dietary habits and preferences of individuals, that is produced and consumed sustainably, thereby preserving access to food for future generations, Reaffirming 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, 10 Recalling the proclamation by the General Assembly at its seventy-second session of 2019–2028 as the United Nations Decade of Family Farming 11 and the close links between family farming, the promotion and conservation of historical, cultural and natural heritage, traditional customs and culture, halting the loss of biodiversity and the improvement of the living conditions of people living in rur al areas, Reaffirming 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, as enshrined in the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, 12 Reaffirming also that a peaceful, stable and enabling political, social and economic environment, at both the national and the international levels, is the _______________ 5 Resolution 80/5, annex. Resolution 79/1. 7 See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. 8 A/57/499, annex. 9 E/CN.4/2005/131, annex. 10 See Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, document WSFS 2009/2. 11 See resolution 72/239. 12 A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III. 6 2/13 25-20966