Outline UCFA
Summary UCFA
Updated CFA (UCFA)
The UCFA is offered as a tool to inspire and inform Member States as they engage in discussions around matters related to food and nutrition security in different intergovernmental bodies.
56th Commission on the Status of Women (New York, 27 February-9 March 2012)
19th Human Rights Council (Geneva, 27 February - 23 March 2012)
2012 Spring Meetings, World Bank and International Monetary Fund (Washington, 20-22 April 2012)
The CFS is the United Nations' forum for reviewing policies concerning world food. It is the most inclusive international and intergovernmental platform for all relevant stakeholders to work together to ensure food security and nutrition.
About the Committee on World Food Security
37th CFS Plenary Session, 17-22 October 2011, Rome
The intergovernmental negotiations on the Voluntary Guidelines on Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the context of National Food Security have been successfully finalized on Friday 9 March 2012.
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20th April 2010
Dear Colleagues,
I write to thank you for your comments in view of updating of the Comprehensive Framework for Action (CFA) of the High Level Task Force on the Global Food Security Crisis (HLTF). I am sincerely grateful for your time and effort to contribute to this important and collaborative process.
In total I have contacted more than 300 bodies directly to seek their input into the update of the CFA. These bodies include members of the Contact Group of the Committee on Food Security (CFS), UN Country teams and Resident Coordinators, and NGOs and CSOs working with fishers, pastoralists, small holder farmers and agricultural workers and interested in important cross- cutting approaches such as nutrition, gender and the right to food. In addition a call for comments was posted on our website www.un-foodsecurity.org.
We have received comments from 48 bodies (9 Members States; 36 non governmental entities; the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food; and 2 UN Country Teams). They have been submitted to the CFA Reference Group, made up of representatives from the High Level Task Force. All comments will be compiled in a separate document, which will be available on our website.
On 17th and 18th May there will be a meeting in Dublin (www.updatecfa.com) where a group of invitees from NGOs, CSOs and Governments will discuss these comments with the CFA Reference Group and consider options for updating the CFA so that it reflects the current political, strategic, programmatic and action needs for food and nutrition security. They will also identify outstanding challenges and remaining gaps.
Once again, please accept my sincere thanks and warm best wishes.
David Nabarro
Many different groups are moving forward on an effort to scale up nutrition (SUN). We are witnessing the emergence of a movement.
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We have compiled a list of useful links from a variety of sources, including governments, international agencies, NGOs and scientific organizations. Please feel free to inform us of additional web sites for consideration.
The spike in food prices of last year (2008) underscored what experts have been telling us for many years: the world's food systems are in crisis
