Decision on the Continental Scorecard for Nutrition

Jurisdiction
African Regional Bodies · African Union (AU)
Citation
Assembly/AU/Dec.739(XXXII)
Regional Body / Author
Assembly of the African Union
Date
11 February 2019
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Type
Decision
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DECISION ON THE CONTINENTAL SCORECARD FOR NUTRITION

The Assembly,

  1. EXPRESSES APPRECIATION to efforts undertaken by H.M. King Letsie III of the Kingdom of Lesotho and Leader on Nutrition;

  2. RECALLS Declaration Assembly/AU/Decl.1(XXIII) on ‘Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation for Shared Prosperity and Improved Livelihoods’ and Declaration Assembly/AU/Decl.4(XXIII) on ‘Nutrition Security for Inclusive Economic Growth and Sustainable Development in Africa’, adopted at the 23rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, in June 2014;

  3. ALSO RECALLS Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.681(XXX) adopted at the 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in January 2018, which endorsed the African Leaders for Nutrition Initiative;

  4. COGNISANT of the Six Global Nutrition Targets set by the World Health Assembly in 2012, and Goal 2 of the 2015 Sustainable Development Goals that seeks to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture;

  5. ENDORSES the Continental Scorecard on Nutrition developed by the Commission and the Africa Leaders for Nutrition, with the support of the AfDB and other stakeholders, as a tool for increased accountability for the achievement of nutrition security by the Continent and to improve the monitoring of progress being made towards reaching the global and continental nutrition targets;

  6. DECIDES to extend the mandate of H.M. King Letsie III of the Kingdom of Lesotho term as AU Leader on Nutrition from 2019 to 2021.

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