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Food and
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Sustainability Security
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Figure 3:Possible pillars of food and nutrition strategy (4S) of Azerbaijan

4. MULTILATERAL COOPERATION: FAO, IFAD, WTO

Azerbaijan welcomes the adoption of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
which sets ambitious targets for future global development and stands ready to
contribute to their implementation. Azerbaijan was a pioneer in achieving impressive
results on many UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), predecessor of SDGs,
especially on eradicating extreme poverty and hunger. Azerbaijan’s achievements
have been appreciated by the United Nations system. In 2013, Azerbaijan was
awarded a Diploma of the FAO for having made an outstanding progress in fighting
against poverty and hunger. In October 2015, Azerbaijan in collaboration with FAO
celebrated the World Food Day on the theme of “Social protection and agriculture”,
which demonstrates ones again the commitment of the country to increasing well-
being, living standards and quality of life of its citizens. In September 2015,
Azerbaijan was honored a South-South Award for the improvement of the welfare of
the population, diminishing the poverty, as well as the actions taken in the successful
implementation of the MDGs [UN, 2017]. Azerbaijan is committed to the
achievement of SDGs and has submitted its voluntary national review to the UN
Secretariat in July 2017 [UN, 2017]. Azerbaijan considers relevant agricultural

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