A/RES/73/250
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
11 January 2019
Seventy-third session
Agenda item 26
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 20 December 2018
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/73/544)]
73/250.
World Food Safety Day
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming its resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming
our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, in which it adopted a
comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of universal and transformative
Sustainable Development Goals and targets, its commitment to wor king tirelessly for
the full implementation of the Agenda by 2030, its recognition that eradicating
poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest
global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable develo pment, its
commitment to achieving sustainable development in its three dimensions —
economic, social and environmental — in a balanced and integrated manner, and to
building upon the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals and seeking
to address their unfinished business,
Reaffirming also its resolutions 53/199 of 15 December 1998 and 61/185 of
20 December 2006 on the proclamation of international years, and Economic and
Social Council resolution 1980/67 of 25 July 1980 on international years and
anniversaries, in particular paragraphs 1 to 10 of the annex thereto on the agreed
criteria for the proclamation of international years, as well as paragraphs 13 and 14,
in which it is stated that an international day or year should not be proclaimed before
the basic arrangements for its organization and financing hav e been made,
Noting that there is no food security without food safety and that in a world
where the food supply chain has become more complex, any adverse food safety
incident may have global negative effects on public health, trade and the economy,
Noting also that improving food safety contributes positively to trade,
employment and poverty alleviation,
Taking into account that the global burden of foodborne diseases is considerable
and affects individuals of all ages, in particular children under 5 years of age, and
persons living in low-income regions of the world,
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