40. Recognizes the important contribution that the observance of the International Year of Rice, 2004, has made in drawing world attention to the role that rice can play in providing food security and eradicating poverty in the attainment of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals;
40. 认识到举办2004年国际稻米年的重大贡献，它使世界各国重视稻米在提供粮食安全和消除贫穷以实现千年发展目标等国际商定发展目标方面可以发挥的作用；