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its role to set science-based international food standards, otherwise private standards would quickly fill the gap left by Codex.

of the border with the Sudan and return of South Sudanese from the Sudan are expected to continue to impede progress in the coming months.

actions to combat the root causes of the disproportionately high level of hunger and malnutrition among indigenous peoples.

and the global financial and economic crisis partly reversed development gains that least developed countries achieved over the years.

vulnerable, especially in reducing child mortality and improving maternal health.

crisis, and by their impact on the increase in the number of people living in extreme poverty and their negative effect on the capacity of all States, especially developing countries, to fight extreme poverty

critical infrastructure, weaken State governance and strain social cohesion.

to achieve sustainable development.

of agricultural producers to climate change, with particular attention to small agricultural producers and vulnerable populations.

of the world’s poor and hungry, and called upon FAO to allocate budget resources accordingly.

of Burundi to make effective use of these resources.

only a few substitutes makes them even more vulnerable to climate change impacts.

and effective international cooperation at the fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in the hope that it would be a milestone in the global drive towards achieving food security.

and youth”, chaired by the Chair, Arvids Ozols (Latvia), and moderated by Gill Shepherd, core member of the Group on Ecosystems for Human Well-being.

to their lack of recognition as a specific group in the national policy and legal framework; the lack of recognition of their positive contribution throughout history to the construction and development of the country; the lack of qualitative and quantitative disaggregated data by racial or ethnic origin; the existence of a circle of poverty, unequal access to education, public services, employment, as well as discrimination in the administration and functioning of the justice system; existence of racial profiling and police violence; underrepresentation in political and institutional decision-making processes, as well as the lack of special measures or affirmative action policies in Portugal for people of African descent or other minorities.

agency with its complex composites of intergovernmental committees with its own political and technical agendas in the promotion of international conventions, normative and standard-setting programmes to serve as exemplars in addressing major global issues in the fields of competence of the Organization.

political situation, especially the growing concern over human rights issues and the government’s sensitivity on human rights, have made it very difficult to develop a common United Nations country programme for which UNCT and the government would have shared ownership; secondly, the profile of the donor community in Iran is very low and it has been very difficult to generate FIT resources and joint United Nations programming; and, thirdly, there is still reluctance and technical barriers among UNCT members to put together financial and human resources for joint activities.