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    This week leaders from over 190 governments gathered in Rome for the International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) to discuss and advance policy options and strategies to improve food systems and people’s diets in order to more effectively address the world’s major nutritional challenges. Twenty-two years since the first International Conference on Nutrition, ICN2 has provided an historic moment for countries to demonstrate greater commitment to ending malnutrition in all its forms—from stunting to obesity.

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    This week leaders from over 190 governments gathered in Rome for the International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) to discuss and advance policy options and strategies to improve food systems and people’s diets in order to more effectively address the world’s major nutritional challenges. Twenty-two years since the first International Conference on Nutrition, ICN2 has provided an historic moment for countries to demonstrate greater commitment to ending malnutrition in all its forms—from stunting to obesity.

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    Statement from 1,000 Days Executive Director, Lucy Sullivan

    November 21, 2014

    This week leaders from over 190 governments gathered in Rome for the International
    Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) to discuss and advance policy options and strategies to improve
    food systems and peoples diets in order to more effectively address the worlds major
    nutritional challenges. Twenty-two years since the first International Conference on Nutrition,
    ICN2 has provided an historic moment for countries to demonstrate greater commitment to
    ending malnutrition in all its formsfrom stunting to obesity.
    We were encouraged to hear several Member States use their official statements during ICN2
    to outline specific actions they plan to take at the country level to put peoples health and
    nutrition at the center of our global food system.
    Yet malnutrition is an urgent global challenge that the world has been far too slow to address.
    Today, one out of every two people on the planet is undernourished, micronutrient deficient, or
    obeseor some combination of all three. As Pope Francis made clear in his remarks during
    ICN2, healthy food and good nutrition should be considered a human right, not a commodity to
    be bought and sold.
    Importantly, the ICN2 served as a platform to focus on action and accountability. In particular,
    1,000 Days was pleased to support the World Health Organization (WHO) in launching a set of
    six policy briefs to guide national and local policy-makers on evidence-based actions to scale up
    in order to achieve the global nutrition targets by 2025. Moreover, as a member of the Global
    Nutrition Report Stakeholder Group, we applaud the launch of the first-ever Global Nutrition
    Report, which presents a comprehensive view of global and country-level progress against
    malnutrition.
    As the ICN2 comes to a close, we call on all countries to implement the policies and actions put
    forward in the Framework for Action. We must ensure commitments turn into action, and actions
    deliver results. Ultimately we must all roll up our sleeves and get to work, holding our
    governmentsand ourselvesaccountable for delivering a food system that puts the health
    and nutrition of all people at the center.

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