“In response to the comments of the delegate of ____________

We must take action to alert victims of abuse that there is help available. We
must work with law enforcement and other state and local personnel to
understand that stay-at-home orders need to be well-thought when the home is
unsafe. Schools should offer virtual counseling or telephone check-ins whenever
possible. Encourage school counselors to work with at-risk children to develop
personal safety plans. To support families in distress, we should provide
emergency cash assistance to vulnerable families to mitigate disruptions due to
COVID-related livelihood shocks.

we must also ensure that healthcare practitioners are screening patients for
intimate partner violence and child abuse.

Provide children with continued access to school-based counseling through

telephone or online support where face-to-face contact is not possible while
enabling counselors or other relevant school staff to continue to monitor the well-
being of children in at-risk families.

Encourage school counselors to work with at-risk children to develop personal

safety plans.

Alert professionals who may have contact with children despite social distancing
measures (e.g. pharmacists, medical personnel, school staff, police, first
responders) on their roles in identifying and reporting signs of abuse and neglect.
~ Raise the awareness of a range of professionals on their roles in identifying
and reporting signs of abuse or neglect not when the children speak out, but with
their expressions and emotions

Support families in distress • Provide emergency cash assistance to vulnerable

families to mitigate disruptions due to COVID-related livelihood shocks to support
families in distress.

Continue to hold emergency hearings and execute court orders for the care and
protection of children who are at immediate risk of neglect or abuse.
Provide children who are experiencing trauma with virtual specialized mental
health and psychosocial support when public health measures preclude face-to-
face contact.

The hotel and hospitality industry has played a large role in many jurisdictions
helping to house the homeless or healthcare practitioners; businesses and
localities must also remember the vulnerable population affected by domestic
violence who can also benefit from these services.

Municipal leaders will want to take the necessary steps to

• Work with national governments and private sector providers to secure
essential food stocks (food availability) during successive periods (waves) of 6–
12 weeks when normal supplies of food may be disrupted.
• Ensure that the population can obtain the food they need (food access),
especially the most vulnerable individuals (infants, young children and women,
elderly people, homeless people, people living with HIV/AIDS and other chronic
illnesses, disabled people, and homebound individuals).
• Educate the public about the necessity of increased hygiene, nutrition, and
safe food and water storage. Work with national and regional governments to
reduce malnutrition and other debilitating diseases so that people’s bodies can
make the best use of the foods they eat (food utilization).

• Increase household and community food production: - Distribute seeds,

tools, and fertilizers for small rural farms and urban gardens - Provide local
agricultural and livestock extension (technical assistance) services
• Transport and stockpile basic, high-energy, and high-nutrient foods for the
- community: Contact central government representatives to find out about
availability and location of national food stocks for emergencies and
prepositioned donations from national and international food aid agencies -
Purchase extra stock from local and regional food suppliers and growers
• Request donations from local retailers
• Acquired food spoils due to improper storage
• Take an inventory of public and private storage facilities that could be
used for emergency food stockpiling
• A significant amount of food is committed for sale to other areas outside
the municipality
 • Restrict the export of locally produced food crops that are necessary to
feed the population of the municipality

Accurately identify those most at risk

• Food prices may drastically increase and make many food items
unaffordable to those on limited incomes
• Shopkeeper bias during times of limited resources may result in people
being turned away from markets because of their race, ethnicity, religion, political
beliefs, or disability
• Households may have less money available to purchase food due to: -
reduced income due to illness, caregiving, or job loss - more money must be
used to pay high medical fees or funeral expenses
• Encourage cooperative sharing/barter of food and resources (while
respecting social distancing measures if in place)
• Organize food voucher programs with local shopkeepers that allow at-risk
households to obtain food in exchange for a voucher
• Organize fair price shops that sell basic items at controlled prices •
Provide food in exchange for assisting in key response areas during a pandemic
• Distribute food to the most vulnerable residents in a way that minimizes
contact between people when social distancing measures are in place
• People who live alone may become too ill to physically get to a market or
food distribution site
• Deliver food and water to isolated households and individuals
• Those who can afford extra food may hoard more than they need
• Initiate widespread public campaigns about the devastating consequences
that hoarding can have on at-risk populations—specifically targeted at those who
can afford to buy extra, and merchants and traders who may speculate
• Determine whether to place purchase limitations on specific products
likely to be hoarded
• Merchants and traders seeking higher profits may withhold available food
until prices spike
• Implement a price freeze on the staple and nutritious food items that form
important parts of local diets
• Due to economic disruptions, local shopkeepers may stop offering credit
to customers
• Facilitate low-cost credit arrangements with local shopkeepers, medical
facilities, and those who provide funeral services
• Negotiate short-term debt relief programs (to preserve assets and cash
reserves)
• Determine whether cash transfer programs are available through the
regional or central government. If so, provide at-risk households with links to
these programs
• Producers/distributors may not have the fuel or other means to get
available harvests and livestock to central locations
• Provide transportation support that allows producers to get products to
market or community food warehouses

Conscious of the need to eradicate hunger and prevent all forms of malnutrition worldwide,
particularly undernourishment, stunting, wasting, underweight and overweight in children under
5 years of age and anaemia in women and children, among other micronutrient deficiencies, as
well as reverse the rising trends in overweight and obesity and reduce the burden of diet-related
non-communicable diseases in all age groups,
Conscious also of the need to reduce food losses and waste throughout the food chain in order
to contribute to food security, nutrition and sustainable development,
Expressing concern that nearly 800 million people remain chronically undernourished and 159
million children under 5 years of age are stunted, approximately 50 million children under 5
years of age are wasted, over 2 billion people suffer from micronutrient deficiencies and a
rapidly increasing number of people are affected by obesity in all regions, with more than 1.9
billion overweight adults, of whom over 600 million are obese,

Acknowledge that malnutrition, in all its forms, including undernutrition, micronutrient

deficiencies, overweight and obesity, not only affects people’s health and wellbeing by
impacting negatively on human physical and cognitive development, compromising the immune
system, increasing susceptibility to communicable and noncommunicable diseases, restricting
the attainment of human potential and reducing productivity, but also poses a high burden in the
form of negative social and economic consequences to individuals, families, communities and
States.
5. Recognize that the root causes of and factors leading to malnutrition are complex and
multidimensional:
a) poverty, underdevelopment and low socio-economic status are major contributors to
malnutrition in both rural and urban areas;

the lack of access at all times to sufficient food, which is adequate both in quantity and quality
which conforms with the beliefs, culture, traditions, dietary habits and preferences of individuals
in accordance with national and international laws and obligations;
c) malnutrition is often aggravated by poor infant and young child feeding and care practices,
poor sanitation and hygiene, lack of access to education, quality health systems and safe
drinking water, foodborne infections and parasitic infestations, ingestion of harmful levels of
contaminants due to unsafe food from production to consumption;

As the some delegates have stated in the opening speech babies that are breastfed are
malnourished more. So maybe we should start a programme specifically for this. In particular,
special attention should be given to the first 1,000 days, from the start of pregnancy to two years
of age, pregnant and lactating women, women of reproductive age, and adolescent girls, by
promoting and supporting adequate care and feeding practices, including exclusive breast
feeding during the first six months, and continued breastfeeding until two years of age and
beyond with appropriate complementary feeding. Healthy diets should be fostered in
preschools, schools, public institutions, at the workplace and at home, as well as healthy eating
by families;

excessive volatility of prices of food and agricultural commodities can negatively impact food
security and nutrition, and needs to be better monitored and addressed for the challenges it
poses

nutrition data and indicators, as well as the capacity of, and support to all countries, especially
developing countries, for data collection and analysis, need to be improved in order to contribute
to more effective nutrition surveillance, policy making and accountability;

● selecting the right land to be cultivated for food crop production;

● planting the best-quality seeds of the most appropriate varieties;
● using authorized and acceptable chemical inputs (fertilizers, pesticides) according to
approved directions (e.g. concentration, frequency, timing of use);
● controlling the quality of irrigation water (if used);
● using appropriate harvesting and on-farm storing and handling techniques;
● using appropriate methods for shipping to markets or food processors.
● the use of appropriate cleaning and sanitizing techniques, including the use of approved
and effective agents used at the proper level (strength, concentration) and frequency to
prevent microbial buildup on processing equipment and utensils or other food contact
surfaces;
● observation of sanitary practices, use of protective clothing and strict observance of rules
of personal hygiene by personnel involved in handling and processing food;
● the use of hand-washing and hand-sanitizing dip stations when and where appropriate;
● having time and temperature controls in place to prevent microbial growth in the
susceptible intermediate and finished processed foods;
● the use of other sanitary measures that are specifically needed because of the nature of
the food being processed, the processing technology or the facilities in which the
processing takes place.

Reduce Food Waste

Target Food for Direct Consumption
A lot of caloric efficiency is lost when crops are converted for animal feed
and other non-food uses. If these crops were used directly to feed people, it
was calculated that they could provide enough calories for 4 billion people.

Raise Low Water Productivity

Use Fertilizer More Efficiently

Its three main goals: the eradication of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition; the
elimination of poverty and the driving forward of economic and social progress for all;
and, the sustainable management and utilization of natural resources, including land,
water, air, climate and genetic resources for the benefit ...