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Committee on World Food Security

Fifty-second Session “50 Years of CFS: Acting Together for a world free from hunger and malnutrition”

Rome, Italy, 21-25 October 2024

PROVISIONAL AGENDA

An overview of the 52nd Plenary Session of CFS
The Plenary will begin with opening statements by UN high-level representatives and a discussion on strengthening coordinated policy responses to the food crisis, which will consider the latest edition of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report, the Issues Paper on “Conflict-induced acute food crises: potential policy responses in light of current emergencies” prepared by the CFS High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN) the CFS summary report on Collaborative Governance as well as a briefing on ongoing international initiatives against hunger and poverty.

During its 52nd Session, the CFS is set to endorse the following three documents: the Policy Recommendations on Reducing Inequalities for Food Security and Nutrition, the Action Plan to increase awareness, ownership, use and usefulness of CFS policy outcomes, and the updated version of the Rolling Section of the CFS Multi-Year Programme of Work (MYPoW) 2024-2027.
Additionally, the Plenary will include a stocktaking session dedicated to monitoring the progress on the use and application of the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security, as well as a session to discuss the implementation of the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Gender Equality and Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment in the context of Food Security and Nutrition (GEWE).
The CFS Plenary will present an opportunity to share views on the HLPE FSN Report on Strengthening urban and peri-urban food systems to achieve food security and nutrition in the context of urbanization and rural transformation, and to discuss the key role of decent work in agriculture and food systems.

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