16.
Recognizes the need for a successful conclusion of the Doha
Development Round negotiations of the World Trade Organization as a contribution
to creating international conditions that permit the realization of the right to food;
17.
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;
18.
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;
19.
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, and
invites once again all international financial and development institutions, as well as
the relevant United Nations agencies and funds, to give priority to and provide the
necessary funding to realize the aim of halving by 2015 the proportion of people who
suffer from hunger, as well as the right to food as set out in the Rome Declaration on
World Food Security and the United Nations Millennium Declaration;
20.
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 response to the spread of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other
communicable diseases;
21.
Urges States to give adequate priority in their development strategies
and expenditures to the realization of the right to food;
22.
Stresses the importance of international development cooperation and
assistance, in particular in activities related to disaster risk reduction and in
emergency situations such as natural and man-made disasters, diseases and pests, for
the realization of the right to food and the achievement of sustainable food security,
while recognizing that each country has the primary responsibility for ensuring the
implementation of national programmes and strategies in this regard;