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relief for developing countries, and to reinforce national actions to implement sustainable
food security policies;
24.
Calls for the early conclusion and a successful, development-oriented
outcome of the Doha Round of trade negotiations of the World Trade Organization as a
contribution to creating international conditions permitting the full realization of the right to
food;
25.
Encourages the Special Rapporteur to continue to cooperate with States in
order to enhance the contribution of development cooperation and food aid to the
realization of the right to food, within existing mechanisms, taking into account the views
of all stakeholders;
26.
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;
27.
Recalls the importance of the New York Declaration on Action against
Hunger and Poverty, and recommends the continuation of efforts aimed at identifying
additional sources of financing for the fight against hunger and poverty;
28.
Recognizes that the commitments made at the World Food Summit in 1996 to
halve the number of people who are undernourished are not being fulfilled, while
recognizing the efforts of Member States in that regard, and urges all States and
international financial and development institutions, as well as the relevant United Nations
agencies and funds, to give priority to and provide the necessary funding for realizing the
aim of halving by 2015 the number, or at least the proportion, of people who suffer from
hunger, as stated in Millennium Development Goal 1, as well as the right to food, as set out
in the Rome Declaration on World Food Security and the United Nations Millennium
Declaration;
29.
Reaffirms that integrating food and nutritional support, with the goal that all
people at all times will have access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their
dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life, is part of a comprehensive
effort to improve public health, including the response to the spread of HIV/AIDS,
tuberculosis, malaria and other diseases;
30.
Urges States to give adequate priority in their development strategies and
expenditures to the realization of the right to food;
31.
Stresses the importance of international cooperation and development
assistance, as an effective contribution to both the expansion and improvement of
agriculture and its environmental sustainability, and the provision of humanitarian food
assistance in activities relating to emergency situations for the realization of the right to
food and the achievement of sustainable food and nutrition security, while recognizing that
each country has the primary responsibility for ensuring the implementation of national
programmes and strategies in this regard;
32.
Reaffirms the commitment made in the ministerial declaration of the 2009
high-level segment of the Economic and Social Council to eliminating hunger and to
securing food for all, today and tomorrow, and reiterates that relevant United Nations
organizations should be assured the resources needed to expand and enhance their food
assistance, and support safety net programmes designed to address hunger and malnutrition,
when appropriate, through the use of local and regional purchase;
33.
Invites all relevant international organizations, including the World Bank and
the International Monetary Fund, to promote such policies and projects that have a positive
impact on the right to food, to ensure that partners respect the right to food in the
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