The right to food
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in which the Committee noted, inter alia, the importance of ensuring sustainabl e
access to water resources for human consumption and agriculture in realization of the
right to adequate food;
46. Reaffirms that the Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive
Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Foo d Security,
adopted by the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations in November 2004, 7 represent a useful tool to promote the realization of the
right to food for all, contribute to the achievement of food security and thus pr ovide
an additional instrument in the attainment of internationally agreed development
goals and to support national Governments in the implementation of food security
and nutrition policies, programmes and legal frameworks;
47. Calls upon all Governments to cooperate with and assist the Special
Rapporteur in her task, to supply all necessary information requested by her and to
give serious consideration to responding favourably to the requests of the Special
Rapporteur to visit their countries to enable her to fulfil her mandate more effectively;
48. Requests the Special Rapporteur to submit to the General Assembly at its
seventy-fifth session an interim report on the implementation of the present resolution
and to continue her work, including by examining the emerging issues with regard to
the realization of the right to food that are within her mandate;
49. Invites Governments, relevant United Nations agencies, funds and
programmes, treaty bodies, civil society actors and non-governmental organizations,
as well as the private sector, to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur in the
fulfilment of her mandate through, inter alia, the submission of comments and
suggestions on ways and means of realizing the right to food;
50. Decides to continue the consideration of the question at its seventy-fifth
session under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights”.
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18 December 2019
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