A/RES/75/179. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2020

• Resolution Number: A/RES/75/179
• Year: 2020
• Session: 75th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES /75/ 179

General Assembly

Distr. : Genera l

28 D ecember 2020

20-173 20 (E) 0 501 21

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Seventy -fifth sessi on

Agen da item 72 (b)

Promoti on and protec tion of huma n rights: hu man

rights questions, i ncluding al ternative ap proaches for

improvi ng the effec tive enjoyme nt of human r ights and

fundame ntal freedom s

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 16 December 2020

[on th e report of the Third Committ ee (A/75/ 478/Add. 2, para. 89)]

75/179. The rig ht to food

The General Assembly ,

Reaf firm ing the Charte r of th e Unite d Natio ns and its impor tance f or the

prom otion 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

with in the fr amewor k of the United Nations ,

Reca llin g the Un iversal De clarati on of Human Ri ghts,

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which pr ovides th at

ever yone has the rig ht to a standard of livi ng adequ ate for her or h is healt h and w ell-

bein g, inc luding food, the Unive rsal Declarat ion o n the Erad ication of Hun ger a nd

Maln utri tion ,

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the United N ations M illenni um Decla ration,

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in p articula r Millen nium

Deve lopment Goa l 1 on eradic ating extrem e po verty and hunger by 2015 , an d the

2030 Ag enda for Su stainab le Develo pment,

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in part icular th e Sustain able

Deve lopment Go als on endi ng hunger, ac hieving fo od securi ty and impro ved nutrit ion

and pro moting su stainabl e agri culture an d on en ding pover ty in all its form s

ever ywhe re,

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 f orms by 2030 a nd to ac hieve fo od secu rity,

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Reso lution 217 A (II I).

2

Repo rt of t he World Food Confere nce, Ro me, 5 –16 No vember 1974 (Unite d Natio ns pub licati on,

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

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Reso lution 55/2.

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Reso lution 70/1.