As suggested, the root causes of malnutrition go beyond a lack of sufficient and adequate food, and to combat them requires actions similar to those embedded in a variety of interrelated development goals, including those pertaining to health, access to resources, environmental degradation, climate change and women's empowerment. The Sustainable Development Goals cannot be achieved without special attention to nutrition, and vice versa.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right to food
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Environment
Equality & Inclusion
Food & Nutrition
Health
Person(s) affected
Women
Year
2016
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Food, Report to the UNGA (2016), A/71/282, para. 44.