Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum)

1-    Maintaining a human rights based approach to the Agenda for Action is vital to preventing and resolving root causes of food insecurity and malnutrition  in protracted crises which will be important if long term resolutions are intended.

2-A critical condition to the success of the A4A process is identifying methods of mobilizing high level political commitment. Different stakeholders have different roles but it is vital to employ the UN system to ensure that these guidelines are mainstreamed among all of its agencies as well as member states. Such responsibility should be carried out by relevant bodies such as the High Level Task Force as well as the UN Security General’s Special Representative on Food Security and Nutrition.

3-For identifying follow up steps (dissemination,  implementation, monitoring and evaluation, identifying lessons-learnt)  it is extremely important to identify multi-stakeholder platforms and committees (including the CSM such as the technical support team) where by the participatory approach of preparing the agenda should be extended to the next phases.

4-We need particular expertise on monitoring frameworks as well as ways to integrate the protracted crises stream to the upcoming CFS innovative monitoring framework.

5- It is extremely important to include way to support local farmers beyond access to tenure, so we suggest to broadening principle five to the following:

Safeguard the access and control of small-scale food producers and family farmers over productive assets , natural resources, finance, local markets, infrastructure before, during and when emerging from protracted crises.

6-It is important to have a statement that stands against military operations and sanctions that have a negative impact on local food security and nutrition. 

Best Regards

Razan

CSM  Protracted Crises Working Group Coordinator