11.
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;
12.
Also stresses its commitments to promote and protect, without
discrimination, the economic, social and cultural rights of indigenous peoples, in
accordance with international human rights obligations and taking into account, as
appropriate, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and
acknowledges that many indigenous organizations and representatives of indigenous
communities have expressed in different forums their deep concerns over the
obstacles and challenges they face for the full enjoyment of the right to food, and calls
upon States to take special actions to combat the root causes of the disproportionately
high level of hunger and malnutrition among indigenous peoples and the continuous
discrimination against them;
13.
Requests all States and private actors, as well as international
organizations 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 the ongoing
negotiations in different fields;
14.
Recognizes the need to strengthen national commitment as well as
international assistance, upon request and in cooperation with affected countries,
towards a better 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 natural or man-made disasters affecting the enjoyment of
the right to food;
15.
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;