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empowerment of small producers, particularly women, in value chains, is a key element for
food security and the provision of the right to food;
20.
Stresses the importance of fighting hunger in rural areas, including through
national efforts supported by international partnerships to stop desertification and land
degradation and through investments and public policies that are specifically appropriate to
the risk of drylands, and in this regard calls for the full implementation of the United
Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious
Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa;
21.
Recalls the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,
and acknowledges that many indigenous organizations and representatives of indigenous
peoples have expressed in different forums their deep concern over the obstacles and
challenges to the full enjoyment of the right to food that indigenous peoples face, and calls
upon States to take special actions to combat the root causes of the often disproportionately
high level of hunger and malnutrition among indigenous peoples and the continuous
discrimination against them;
22.
Welcomes the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the
General Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, 1 held on 22 and
23 September 2014, and the commitment to developing, in conjunction with the indigenous
peoples concerned and where appropriate, policies, programmes and resources to support
indigenous peoples’ occupations, traditional subsistence activities, economies, livelihoods,
food security and nutrition;
23.
Requests all States and private actors, and international organizations and
agencies within their respective mandates, to take fully into account the need to promote the
effective realization of the right to food for all, including in ongoing negotiations in
different fields;
24.
Encourages all relevant international organizations and agencies to bring a
human rights perspective and the need for the realization of the right to food for all to their
studies, research, reports and resolutions on the issue of food security;
25.
Recognizes the need to strengthen national commitment 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;
26.
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;
27.
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;
28.
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;
29.
Calls for the early conclusion to and a successful, development-oriented
outcome of the Doha Round of trade negotiations of the World Trade Organization as a
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General Assembly resolution 69/2.