A/RES/74/240
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
27 January 2020
Seventy-fourth session
Agenda item 24
Agriculture development, food security and nutrition
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 19 December 2019
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/74/386)]
74/240.
Natural plant fibres and sustainable development
The General Assembly,
Recalling the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 1 the Addis Ababa
Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, 2
the Paris Agreement, 3 the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 4
and the New Urban Agenda adopted in Quito by the United Nations Conference on
Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), 5
Recalling also its resolution 61/189 of 20 December 2006 on the International
Year of Natural Fibres, 2009,
Recalling further resolution 3/2005 of the Conference of the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, adopted on 25 November 2005, 6
Noting the definition of natural fibres, as developed by the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations during the International Year of Natural Fibres in
2009, and the scope of the present resolution, which focuses on the lesser known
natural plant fibres, such as jute, abaca, coir, kenaf, sisal, hemp and ramie,
Noting also that the diverse range of natural plant fibres produced in many
countries provides an important source of income for farmers, and thus can play an
important role in contributing to food security and in eradicating poverty and hence
in contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Developme nt Goals,
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Resolution 70/1.
Resolution 69/313, annex.
Adopted under the UNFCCC in FCCC/CP/2015/10/Add.1, decision 1/CP.21.
Resolution 69/283, annex II.
Resolution 71/256, annex.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, document C 2005/REP.
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