The right to food 2012, para. 13

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Stresses that the primary responsibility of States is to promote and protect the right to food and that the international community should provide, through a coordinated response and upon request, international cooperation in support for national and regional efforts by providing the assistance necessary to increase food production, particularly through agricultural development assistance, the transfer of technology, food crop rehabilitation assistance and food aid ensuring food and nutrition security, with a special focus on the gender-sensitive dimension;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Food & Nutrition
  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • All
Year
2012
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
HRC resolution, The right to food (2012), A/HRC/RES/19/7, OP 13.
Paragraph info
OP
Paragraph number
13