A/RES/74/149. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2019

• Resolution Number: A/RES/74/149
• Year: 2019
• Session: 74th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

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Seventy -fourth ses sion

Agen da item 70 (b)

Promoti on and prote ction of huma n rights: human rights

questio ns, includin g alternativ e approaches for improving

the eff ective enjoy ment of huma n rights and fundamental

freedoms

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 18 December 2019

[on th e report of the Third Committe e (A/74/ 399/ Add.2 )]

74/149. The r ight to food

The General Assembly ,

Reaf firm ing the Chart er of t he Unit ed Nati ons and its i mportanc e 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 a lso prev ious resol utions an d decisio ns on the r ight to foo d adopted

withi n the fr amewor k of the United Nations ,

Reca llin g the Un iversal D eclarati on of Human Rights,

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w hich provi des that

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

bein g, inc luding food, the Unive rsal Declarat ion o n the Erad ication of Hunger and

Malnut ritio n,

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the United Nation s Mill ennium Declaratio n,

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in particul ar Mill ennium

Deve lopment Goa l 1 on eradic ating extre me p overty and hung er b y 201 5, a nd t he

2030 Age nda for Sustai nable Develo pment,

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in par ticular the Sus tainable Dev elopment

Goal s on e nding hung er, a chieving food sec urity and i mproved nu trition an d

promo ting su stainabl e agric ulture a nd on en ding pov erty in all it s forms everywh ere,

Reco gniz ing t hat achie ving the Su stainab le Develo pment Goa ls can help to

ensu re the e nd of hu nger in all its forms b y 2030 a nd to ac hieve fo od secu rity,

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Resolut ion 21 7 A (III) .

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Report of the World Fo od Con ference , Rome , 5–16 Nove mber 19 74 (U nited N ations publi cation,

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

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Resolut ion 55 /2.

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Resolut ion 70 /1.