A/HRC/RES/36/22 Recognizing the important contribution of peasants and other people working in rural areas to the fight against hunger and the preservation and improvement of biodiversity, among others, and the need to respect, promote, protect and fulfil their human rights, Gravely concerned that hunger, like poverty, is still predominantly a rural problem, and that in the rural population it is those who produce food who suffer disproportionately, and alarmed that 75 per cent of people suffering from hunger live in rural areas, particularly in developing countries, and 50 per cent are small-scale and traditional farm holders, as well as subsistence farmers, and that they are especially vulnerable to food insecurity, malnutrition, discrimination and exploitation, Recognizing that livelihoods in rural areas are disproportionately affected by poverty, climate change, lack of development and lack of access to scientific progress, Recognizing also that peasants and other people working in rural areas are often disproportionally affected by the adverse impact of business activities, Convinced of the need to strengthen the protection and realization of the human rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas, Welcoming the reports of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on a United Nations declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas on its third and fourth sessions,1 held from 17 to 20 May 2016, and from 15 to 19 May 2017, respectively, pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 21/19, 26/26 and 30/13, and welcoming the constructive negotiation, broad participation and active engagement of Governments, regional and political groups, civil society, experts, international organizations and intergovernmental organizations and relevant stakeholders, particularly representatives of peasants and other people working in rural areas, Bearing in mind the development of this issue, 1. Decides that the open-ended intergovernmental working group on a United Nations declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas shall hold its fifth annual session for five working days before the thirty-eighth session of the Human Rights Council, in accordance with its mandate, to negotiate, finalize and submit to the Council a draft United Nations declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas; 2. Also decides that the updated version of the draft declaration that will be presented by the Chair-Rapporteur of the working group at its fifth session, taking into consideration the report of the Chair-Rapporteur on the fourth session, and the version of the draft declaration resulting from the fifth session will be translated into all official languages of the United Nations; 3. Requests the Chair-Rapporteur of the working group to conduct informal consultations during the intersessional periods, as appropriate, with Governments, relevant special procedures of the Human Rights Council, regional groups, intergovernmental organizations, United Nations mechanisms, civil society and representatives of peasants and other people working in rural areas, as well as with other relevant stakeholders and other relevant specialized agencies of the United Nations system; 4. Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to ensure the participation in the fifth session of the working group of up to five expert panellists, including representatives of peasants and other people working in rural 1 2 A/HRC/33/59 and A/HRC/36/58.