Calls upon States to heed the urgent United Nations humanitarian appeal to assist countries facing drought, starvation and famine with emergency aid and urgent funding, and underlines that if no immediate response is received, an estimated 20 million people, most of whom are women and children, risk losing their lives;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Vote
Topic(s)
Food & Nutrition
Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
Children
Women
Year
2017
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
HRC resolution, The right to food (2017), A/HRC/RES/34/12, OP 36.