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UN Decade of Action on Nutrition: halfway through!
New York, 23 July, 2020: Virtual Informal briefing to the Permanent Missions to the United Nations in New York on the Mid-term Review of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres launches a policy brief on the impact of Covid-19 on food security and nutrition
There is more than enough food in the world to feed our population of 7.8 billion people. But, today, more than 820 million people are hungry and Covid-19 is making things worse. To eradicate hunger, we must ensure inclusive access to healthy and nutritious food
Twin presence of obesity and undernutrition reflects shifts in food systems
According to a new four-paper report published in The Lancet, a new approach is needed to help reduce undernutrition and obesity at the same time.
All news
- Americas Members States establish action networks
- Mid-term Review of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition
- UN Decade of Action on Nutrition: Brazil, Ecuador and Italy make commitments
- Resolution A/RES/73/132 adopted by the General Assembly on 13 December 2018 – Global health and foreign policy: a healthier world through better nutrition
- Resolution A/RES/73/253 adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 2018 - Agriculture development, food security and nutrition
- WHO and UNICEF issue new guidance to promote breastfeeding in health facilities globally (11 April 2018)
- Global Nutrition Summit 2017 (4 November 2017)
- FAO commits to UN Decade of Action on Nutrition: Towards SMART commitments (7 September 2017)
- Norway announces establishment of sustainable fisheries network (6 June 2017)
- Ecuador announces ambitious commitments to UN Decade of Action on Nutrition (25 May 2017)
- Brazil first country to make specific commitments in UN Decade of Action on Nutrition (22 May 2017)
- Decade of Action on Nutrition at the UN General Assembly (5 October 2016)
- UN Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025) discussed at High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in New York (19 July 2016)
- UN General Assembly proclaims Decade of Action on Nutrition (1 April 2016)
Upcoming events
- Informal Briefing on the Mid-term Review of the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025) for FAO Member Countries,
on 29 April 2020, from 12.00 to 13.30 (Rome time). - Informal Briefing on the Mid-term Review of the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025) for WHO Mission Focal Points,
on 19 March 2020, from 12.00 to 13.30 (Geneva time) - Meeting of the Global Action Network on Food from the Ocean and Inland Waters for Food Security
(14th October 2019, 15:30-17.30 Rome, Italy) - Nutrition at the Forty-Sixth of the Committee on World Food Security
(14th October 2019, 18:00-19.30, Rome, Italy) - Forty-Sixth Session of the Committee on World Food Security
(14-18 October 2019, Rome, Italy) - World Public Health Nutrition Congress 2020
(31 March-3 April 2020, Brisbane, Australia)
Past events
- 2019 edition launched of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World
- Forty-First Session of the FAO Conference
(22-29 June 2019, Rome, Italy) - The Future of Food International Symposium
(10-11 June 2019, Rome, Italy) - Side Event at the Seventy-Second Session of the World Health Assembly on "Nutrition4Health: Nutrition innovations along with NCDs prevention for achieving Universal Health Coverage within the context of the 2030 Agenda and the UN Nutrition Decade"
(21 May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland) - Seventy-Second Session of the World Health Assembly
(20-28 May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland)