DECISION ON THE REVISED AFRICAN REGIONAL
NUTRITION STRATEGY (RARNS) 2005 - 2015
Doc. EX.CL/225 (VIII)
The Executive Council:
TAKES NOTE of the Revised African Regional Nutrition Strategy (2005-2015);
RECOGNIZES the seriousness of Food insecurity and Nutrition deficiency in Africa and the efforts of Member States towards alleviating them;
ACKNOWLEDGES the role of Nutrition in socio-economic development and the achievement of Millennium Development Goals in Africa;
ENDORSES the Revised African Regional Nutrition Strategy (2005 - 2015);
URGES Member States to mobilize all sectors of the economy in order to accelerate implementation of the Plan of Action of the Revised African Regional Nutrition Strategy (2005 - 2015);
ALSO URGES Member States to take all necessary measures to allocate adequate resources to alleviate the major causes of food and nutrition crisis in Africa;
REQUESTS Member States to utilise the Revised African Regional Nutrition Strategy (2005 — 2015) as a blue-print for drafting their own National Plans of Action for Nutrition (NPAN);
APPEALS to the International Community to continue to provide assistance towards the attainment of the objectives of the Revised African Regional Nutrition Strategy (2005-2015);
ALSO REQUESTS the Commission to Report to the Executive Council on the progress in the implementation of the Plan of Action of the Revised African Regional Nutrition Strategy (2005 - 2015) every two years.