A/RES/70/154. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2015

• Resolution Number: A/RES/70/154
• Session: 70th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

A/RES/70/154

General Assembly

Distr.: General

7 March 2016

Seventieth session

Agenda item 72 (b)

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 17 December 2015

[on the report of the Third Committee (A/70/489/Add.2)]

70/154 . The right to food

The General Assembly ,

Reaf firmi ng the Char ter of the Unite d Natio ns and its impo rtance for t he

promo tion an d prote ction of all hum an right s and fu ndament al freed oms for all,

Reaf firming al so all previo us resolut ions and dec isions on the r ight to food

adop ted with in the f ramewor k of the Unite d Nation s,

Reca lling the Un iversal D eclarati on of Huma n Rights,

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whi ch provid es that

ever yone has the rig ht to a standar d of liv ing adeq uate for her or his hea lth and well -

bein g, inc luding food, the Unive rsal Declara tion on th e Er adicatio n of Hunge r a nd

Maln utrit ion,

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the Unit ed Nati ons Mil lennium Decla ration,

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in p articul ar

Mill ennium D evelopme nt Goal 1 on eradic ating ex treme pov erty and hunge r by

2015 , a nd the 2 030 Age nda for Sustaina ble Dev elopmen t,

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in p articula r t he

Sust ainable Deve lopment Goals on e nding h unger, achie ving fo od sec urity a nd

impr oved nutritio n and prom oting sustain able agricult ure a nd on endi ng po verty in

all i ts forms everyw here,

Reca lling a lso the provis ions o f the I nternati onal Co venant on E conomic ,

Soci al a nd Cultural Rig hts,

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in whic h th e f undament al right of every pers on t o b e

free from hu nger is recogniz ed,

Bear ing in mind the Rome D eclarati on on World Fo od Securit y, the Worl d

Food Sum mit P lan of A ction and the Declara tion of th e Worl d Fo od S ummit: five

year s later, a dopted in Rome on 13 J une 200 2,

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Reaf firmi ng the importa nce of the concre te rec ommenda tions contain ed in the

Voluntar y G uideline s t o S upport t he Progr essive R ealizati on of th e R ight to

Adeq uate Fo od in the Co ntext of Nati onal Fo od Sec urity, ad opted b y the Counci l of

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Resolution 217 A (III).

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Report of the World Food Conference, Rome, 5–16 November 1974 (United Nations publication, Sales

No. E.75.II.A.3), chap. I.

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Resolution 55/2.

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Resolution 70/1.

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See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.

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A/57/499, annex.