Countries agree on key policy commitments to fight malnutrition globally
FAO Director-General welcomes agreement on Declaration and Framework for Action to be adopted at Second International Conference on Nutrition
12 October 2014, Rome - Reaching an important milestone in the fight against global malnutrition, countries today agreed on policies aimed at ensuring that people around the world have access to healthier diets.
Following a series of intense negotiations representatives of FAO and World Health Organization (WHO) member countries reached consensus on a political Declaration and a voluntary Framework for Action including more than 50 recommendations.
“Agreeing on the Framework sends a powerful signal to the world: Member countries are really serious about nutrition,” FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said commenting on the agreement.