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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/51/171
3 February 1997
Fifty-first session
Agenda item 95 (b)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/51/603)]
51/171.
Food and sustainable agricultural
development
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 50/109 of 20 December 1995 and Economic and
Social Council resolution 1995/1 of 10 February 1995,
Expressing deep concern at the widespread phenomenon of chronic
undernourishment, in particular among women and children in the developing
countries,
Expressing concern that the scarcity of freshwater in developing
countries, in arid and semi-arid regions, has hampered development efforts,
especially agricultural development, which is necessary for food security,
Reaffirming the right of everyone to have access to safe and nutritious
food consistent with the right to adequate food and the fundamental right of
everyone to be free from hunger,
Recognizing the contributions made by the major United Nations
conferences of the 1990s to an international consensus on food security and
related issues,
Recalling Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/36 of 26 July 1996
on follow-up to the major international United Nations conferences and
summits, including the implementation of their respective programmes of
action,
1.
Welcomes the outcome of the World Food Summit, held at Rome from
13 to 17 November 1996;
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