A/HRC/RES/55/4 Recognizing in that regard that the crisis resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated food insecurity, including through its devastating impact on the livelihoods of people, agriculture and food systems, value chains, food prices, food security and nutrition, Recognizing also that urgent steps are needed to address food insecurity for the poorest people and people in the most vulnerable situations, and that measures aimed at providing immediate support to satisfy people’s dietary needs should be put in place, including the provision of food and nutrition assistance, as appropriate, Expressing its deep concern at the negative effects of the double burden of malnutrition, experiencing a rapid upsurge in non-communicable disease risk factors, such as obesity and overweight, Emphasizing the need to urgently assist countries that are disproportionally affected by climate change and are facing drought, plague, starvation and famine-related threats that could affect millions of people, most of whom are women and children, Stressing the need to increase official development assistance devoted to agriculture, both in real terms and as a share of total official development assistance, and recognizing that small- and medium-scale farmers and artisanal and small-scale fishers in developing countries need to receive technical, technology transfer and capacity-building support to strengthen their economic participation and to secure their income and financial means, Recognizing the importance of the protection, conservation and sustainable use of agrobiodiversity in guaranteeing food security, nutrition and the right to food for all, Emphasizing the role of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations as an essential agency of the United Nations system in leading international efforts to end hunger, achieve food security for all and ensure regular and permanent access to quality food, in sufficient quantity, without compromising access to other essential needs, based on healthpromoting food practices respecting cultural diversity that are environmentally, culturally, economically and socially sustainable, and in supporting the efforts of Member States to achieve the full realization of the right to food, inter alia by providing technical assistance to developing countries for the development of their national priority frameworks, Recognizing the role of the Committee on World Food Security as an inclusive international and intergovernmental platform for a broad range of committed stakeholders to work together in a coordinated manner and in support of country-led processes towards eliminating hunger and ensuring food security and nutrition for all human beings, Acknowledging the contribution of relevant inter-agency mechanisms, such as the quadripartite collaboration among the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Organization for Animal Health, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme, to promoting cooperation and guidance towards safe and sustainable food supplies and practices, 1. Reaffirms that hunger constitutes an outrage and a violation of human dignity, and therefore requires the adoption of urgent measures at the national, regional and international levels for its elimination; 2. Also reaffirms the right of everyone to have access to safe, sufficient and nutritious food, consistent with the right to adequate food and the fundamental right of everyone to be free from hunger, so as to be able to fully develop and maintain his or her physical and mental capacities; 3. Expresses deep concern that 345 million people suffered severe food insecurity in 2023 and 783 million suffered from extreme hunger, according to the World Food Programme;1 4. Also expresses deep concern at the existing setbacks to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals 1 and 2, aimed at eradicating poverty, hunger and all forms 1 World Food Programme, “A global food crisis”, available at https://wfp.org/global-hunger-crisis. 3