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"Mr President, the Millennium Development Goals set clear objectives that include the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger and the drastic reduction of child mortality. Looking at progress in this area, we have made progress, but despite that, the number of children dying or suffering from undernutrition remains unacceptably high. This oral question and resolution seeks to ensure this issue is given the priority it deserves by the Commission in our collective action towards the post-2015 global development framework.
Undernutrition represents an enormous development challenge. The World Health Organisation says that undernutrition is the biggest contributor to child mortality, causing 35% of the disease burden in children under five. It can create a vicious cycle of poverty, can reduce productivity and impede social and economic development. That is why the fight against child undernutrition and the provision of universal access to adequate nutritious food should remain as one of the major goals in the post-2015 agenda. We voted on Tuesday on that issue, and it is something we do feel is very important.
In the draft document by the Own Working Group of the United Nations, goal 2 of the draft SDGs has a target to end all forms of malnutrition by 2030 and by 2025 achieve the internationally-agreed targets on stunting and wasting in children under five. The World Health Organisation Assembly endorses the global target for a 40% reduction of the global number of children under five who are stunted by 2025. That means reducing the number of stunted children by more than 70 million – 70 million, colleagues – by 2025.
In the Stier report on Tuesday, our Parliament voted with a huge majority to support this objective and goes further, calling for the zero hunger goal to end the scandal of hunger by 2025. It calls for promoting sustainable agriculture and recognising the specific needs of women farmers related to food security. These are vital efforts in our fight against child malnutrition. So what we are asking the Commission for this morning, and why we have asked for this debate, is because we now need a concrete action plan from the Commission on how we, as the European Union, can contribute to the child undernutrition targets, and how we can work with our international partners to achieve this. I understand that the Commission services have been working on an action plan on nutrition, and I wonder, Commissioner, could you update us on this and tell us what is happening and when we can expect something concrete? And how can the Commission ensure coordination, both in its different policies and with our international partners, in speeding up progress towards the WHO targets?
Reduced and ending child undernutrition is possible but, like our other development policies, it requires resources, coordination and political will. This week we have had a debate marking the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Tackling undernutrition in the next 15 to 20 years would be a key contribution to make sure that every child could have the basic right that gives them the opportunity for a decent life."@en1
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