 Food. It's more than what satisfies our hunger. It's more than what nourishes our bodies. It's more than a cultural centerpiece or an Instagram picture. Food is life. It is our culture and traditions, economics and our policies. It is the generosity of nature. It is a basic human right. Food is everything. Today our relationship with food is strained. Our food systems, the way we produce, process, transport, sell and consume food are falling short. The planet is strained. Its health is under threat and so is ours. We are not on track to achieve the SDG targets for hunger and malnutrition by 2030. Today more than 690 million people are hungry. Healthy diets remain costly and out of reach for billions of people in the world, resulting in a high incidence of diet-related diseases. In addition, COVID-19 is worsening hunger and malnutrition among the most vulnerable groups. We have an urgent and collective responsibility of ensuring that food systems deliver healthy, affordable diets within planetary boundaries. People everywhere must have access to adequate, nutritious and affordable foods to lead active and healthy lives. The Sustainable Development Goals SDGs, especially SDG2, offer us a global framework for this work. We must act together within a reinforced, multilateral approach and through sustained political will and investment. The Committee on World Food Security, CFS, remains the UN's foremost inclusive platform for all actors on food security and nutrition in the world. CFS produces policy guidelines and recommendations as global tools and guidance for transforming our food systems. These products will also serve as reference tools for the 2021 Food Systems Summit planned by the UN Secretary General. These CFS products have broad legitimacy as they are negotiated and endorsed by all CFS stakeholders. Since its reform in 2009, CFS has become a global catalyst and driver of policy change to achieve food security and nutrition. We are seeing evidence of success at country and regional levels with sustained implementation of CFS products. But this is not enough. Until we are back on track to achieving zero hunger by 2030, the CFS will continue to need you and your steadfast support. It is our individual and collective actions, not words that will transform our food systems for food security and nutrition for all. CFS, through its multi-stakeholder and inclusive process, will deliver the global policy tools on food systems and nutrition, agroecological and other innovative approaches, gender equality and women's empowerment, youth and more to guide your actions. You can count on us. We are counting on you.