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Portuguese-Speaking Nations Endorse FAO Director-General for Second Term
DILI, East Timor, Jul 24 2014 (IPS)- A summit meeting of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP), also known as Comunidad de Paises de Lengua Portuguesa, last week reaffirmed the right to food and called for the eradication of hunger.
The high level meeting of political leaders from Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome & Principe, Timor-Leste and Equatorial Guinea also endorsed the re-election of the FAO Director-General, José Graziano da Silva, for a second term in July 2015.
The resolutions adopted at the Dili summit: reaffirmed the CPLP commitment to strengthening the human right to adequate food – both at national and community levels – while recognizing their role in eradicating hunger and poverty in the CPLP through the inclusion of the theme “Food Security and Nutrition” on the agendas of CPLP Presidencies and the Summits of Heads of State and Government until 2025;
Additionally, the resolutions also reaffirmed the need to implement the Action Plan of the CPLP Strategy on Food Security and Nutrition (ESAN-CPLP), including activities such as the operation of the CPLP Council on Food Security and Nutrition (CONSAN-CPLP) and the positive impact generated by the launch of the Campaign “Together against Hunger”, in all Member States and in the international community;
The summit highlighted the importance of the establishment of “Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries Without Hunger” in light of the technical cooperation agreement between CPLP and FAO in the framework of cooperation for the eradication of hunger and poverty in the CPLP Member States;
The nine world leaders also welcomed the set of actions that have been undertaken within the International Year of Family Farming, responsible for promoting the role of family farming in the fight against hunger and malnutrition and in the development of sustainable food systems;
They recognized the opportunity presented by the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2), to be held next November in Rome, to reinforce nutrition as a standing issue on the international agenda, and also as a public issue.
Also highlighted was the CPLP’s support to the current FAO administration’s policies aimed at to eradicating hunger and poverty, and recommended its continuation in the coming years in order to succeed in achieving its objectives.
The summit highlighted the common political commitment to promote CPLP’s visibility through the promotion of candidatures from its member states to positions and functions in international organizations, as expressed by the CPLP’s endorsement of the following candidatures in the UN system: (i) Angola as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, for the term 2015-2016; (ii) Portugal for the United Nations Human Rights Council, for the term 2015-2017; (iii) Brazil for the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), for the term 2015-2017; (iv) Brazil for the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission (CO-CCP), for the term 2015-2016; (v) Brazil for the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), for the term 2016-2020; (vi) Brazil for the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), for the term 2017-2019.
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