A/RES/70/259. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2016

• Resolution Number: A/RES/70/259
• Year: 2016
• Session: 70th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

A/RES/70/259

General Assembly

Distr.: General

15 April 2016

Seventieth session

Agenda item 15

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 1 April 2016

[without reference to a Main Committee (A/70/L.42 and Add.1)]

70/259 . Unite d Natio ns Decade of Action on Nutri tion ( 2016–

2025)

The General Assembl y,

Reca lling its resolut ions 66/2 of 19 Sep tember 2011, 66/2 21 o f 2 2 Decemb er

2011, 68/23 1 an d 68/ 233 o f 20 Decembe r 201 3, 68 /300 of 10 July 2014, 68/309 of

10 Se ptember 2014, 6 9/240 o f 19 Dec ember 2 014 and 69/310 of 6 Ju ly 2015,

Welcomi ng the adoption of the Ro me De claratio n on Nutrit ion,

1

as well as th e

Fram ework for Acti on,

2

whi ch pro vides a se t of volu ntary polic y opti ons an d

strat egies for use by Go vernmen ts, a s ap propria te, a dopted at the Sec ond

Inter nationa l Confe rence o n Nutr ition, which w as join tly orga nized by the Food a nd

Agri culture Organi zation of the Unite d Nati ons and the World Health Organi zation ,

in Ro me fro m 19 to 2 1 Nove mber 20 14,

Mind ful of the provi sions of the ann ex to Eco nomic and Socia l Coun cil

resol ution 1 989/84 of 24 M ay 1989 regard ing int ernation al decad es in e conomic and

soci al field s,

Cons ciou s of the need to eradi cate hunger and pre vent a ll fo rms o f

maln utrition worl dwide, part icularly under nourish ment, stunt ing, wastin g,

unde rweight and ov erweight in chi ldren un der 5 years of age an d anaem ia in w omen

and child ren, among other mic ronutri ent d eficie ncies, as well as reverse the risi ng

tren ds in o verweigh t and obesity and r educe t he burd en of d iet-re lated

non-c ommunic able di seases i n all ag e group s,

Cons ciou s also o f the need to red uce food los ses and wast e througho ut the

food ch ain in or der to c ontrib ute to fo od secur ity, nutrit ion and su stainabl e

deve lopment ,

Expre ssing con cern tha t nearly 8 00 milli on peopl e remain ch ronical ly

unde rnourish ed a nd 1 59 milli on childre n un der 5 year s of ag e are stu nted,

appr oximatel y 5 0 millio n children un der 5 year s o f a ge are wasted, o ver 2 billi on

peop le suffer from m icronutr ient defic iencies and a ra pidly incr easing num ber of

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1

World Health Organization, document EB 136/8, annex I.

2

Ibid., annex II.