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26.
Recognizes the need to strengthen national commitments and international
assistance, upon the request of and in cooperation with affected countries, towards the full
realization and protection of the right to food, and in particular to develop national
protection mechanisms for people forced to leave their homes and land because of hunger
or humanitarian emergencies affecting the enjoyment of the right to food;
27.
Notes with appreciation the growing movement, in different regions of the
world, towards the adoption of framework laws, national strategies and measures in support
of the full realization of the right to food for all;
28.
Recognizes the importance of giving due consideration to the adverse impact
of climate change on the full realization of the right to food;
29.
Recognizes also the impact of the current cycle of El Niño in agricultural
production and food security around the world and the importance of designing and
implementing actions to reduce its effects, particularly on vulnerable populations such as
rural women, bearing in mind the role they play in supporting their households and
communities in achieving food and nutrition security, generating income and improving
rural livelihoods and overall well-being;
30.
Stresses the need to make efforts to mobilize and optimize the allocation and
utilization of technical and financial resources from all sources, including external debt
relief for developing countries, and to reinforce national actions to implement sustainable
food security policies;
31.
Encourages States to consider developing their legal structures in order to
protect resources directly related to the right to food, such as water resources, access to land
and seed production;
32.
Calls for 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;
33.
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;
34.
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;
35.
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;
36.
Recognizes that the promises made at the World Food Summit in 1996 to
halve the number of persons who are undernourished are not being fulfilled, while
recognizing the efforts of Member States in this regard, and once again invites all
international financial and development institutions, and the relevant United Nations
agencies and funds, to give priority to and provide the funding necessary to realize the right
to food, as set out in the Rome Declaration on World Food Security, and to achieve the
aims of Sustainable Development Goal 2 and other food and nutrition-related targets;
37.
Reaffirms that integrating food and nutritional support with the goal of
ensuring that all people at all times 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;
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