Right to food 2009, para. 17

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Recognizes the need to strengthen national commitment as well as international assistance, upon the request of and in cooperation with the affected countries, towards the full realization and protection of the right to food, and in particular to develop national protection mechanisms for people forced to leave their homes and land because of hunger or humanitarian emergencies affecting the enjoyment of the right to food;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
  • Food & Nutrition
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Humanitarian
  • Movement
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • Persons on the move
Year
2009
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Right to food (2009), A/RES/64/159, OP 17.
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OP
Paragraph number
17