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10.
Reaffirms the need to ensure that programmes delivering safe, sufficient,
nutritious and culturally accepted food are inclusive and accessible to persons with
disabilities;
11.
Encourages States to promote the conditions for everyone to be free from
hunger and, as soon as possible, to enjoy fully the right to food, and, where appropriate, to
consider establishing appropriate institutional mechanisms and adopting national plans to
combat hunger;
12.
Recognizes the advances made through South-South and triangular
cooperation in developing countries and regions in connection with food security and the
development of agricultural production for the full realization of the right to food;
13.
Also recognizes the importance of traditional sustainable agricultural practices,
inter alia, traditional seed supply systems, and access to locally adapted seeds, including for
many indigenous peoples and local communities;
14.
Stresses that the primary responsibility of States is to promote and protect the
right to food, and that the international community should provide, through a coordinated
response and upon request, international cooperation in support of national and regional
efforts by providing the assistance necessary to increase food production and access to food,
particularly through agricultural development assistance, the transfer of technology, food
crop rehabilitation assistance and food aid, achieving food security, with special attention
paid to the specific needs of women and girls, and promoting support for the development of
adapted technologies, research on rural advisory services and support for access to financing
services, and to ensure support for the establishment of secure land tenure systems;
15.
Calls upon States to consider reviewing any policy or measure that could have
a negative impact on the realization of the right to food, particularly the right of everyone to
be free from hunger, before instituting such a policy or measure;
16.
Recalls the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
and the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly known
as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples,2 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 action to address those obstacles
and challenges and the continuous discrimination against indigenous peoples;
17.
Recognizes the contributions of peasants, smallholders, family farmers and
other people working in rural areas in all regions of the world to development and in ensuring
the right to food and food security, which are fundamental to attaining the internationally
agreed development goals, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
18.
Requests all States, private actors, 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;
19.
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;
20.
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;
21.
Invites all relevant international organizations, including the World Bank and
the International Monetary Fund, to avoid any actions that could have a negative impact on
the realization of the right to food;
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