Preparatory events toward the Second Global Parliamentary Summit against Hunger and Malnutrition
With parliamentary action to tackle hunger and malnutrition more necessary than ever, preparations are being made to bring together parliamentarians from around the world for the Second Global Parliamentary Summit against Hunger and Malnutrition, scheduled for 2023. The forthcoming Summit seeks to contribute toward a redoubling of efforts to end all forms of hunger and malnutrition by 2030. The Summit will take stock of progress made since the First Global Parliamentary Summit against Hunger and Malnutrition held in Madrid in 2018. It will showcase examples of parliamentary action to tackle hunger and malnutrition and identify priority issues that have emerged from recent parliamentary dialogues.
IISD and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have organized a series of events to support the preparation of the forthcoming Summit and thereby ensure that it facilitates valuable exchanges of experiences between parliamentarians and stimulates further parliamentary action to tackle hunger and malnutrition. These preparatory events aim to raise parliamentarians’ awareness about important issues relevant to efforts to tackle hunger and malnutrition, stimulate discussion and knowledge exchange among parliamentarians, share FAO tools to support parliamentary action, document relevant experiences, and inform the agenda for the forthcoming Summit.
Thematic session: Parliamentary action to promote improved nutrition and affordable healthy diets for all, September 28, 2022, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. (Rome time).
This session highlighted the importance of tackling all forms of malnutrition and showcased relevant cases and experiences of parliamentary action to improve nutrition and promote affordable healthy diets for all. It also presented relevant FAO tools for parliamentary action on nutrition.
Thematic session: Parliamentary action on tackling gender inequality to achieve food security and improved nutrition for all, October 27, 2022, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. (Rome time).
This session aimed to improve knowledge and facilitate political dialogue around the role of parliamentarians in promoting food security and nutrition through the adoption of gender-responsive approaches.
Pre-Summit: Meeting to prepare for the Second Global Summit against Hunger and Malnutrition, November 30, 2022, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. (Rome time).
This event reflected on the issues, insights, and experiences shared during recent parliamentary dialogues, the two thematic sessions, and an online survey. Representatives of national and regional parliaments were invited to participate in jointly developing a draft agenda for the Second Global Parliamentary Summit against Hunger and Malnutrition based on these issues, insights, and experiences. The event was also broadcasted online for the public to watch via Zoom.
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