Promotion and protection of the human rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas 2012, para. 4
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Gravely concerned that hunger, like poverty, is still predominantly a rural problem, and that in the rural population it is those who produce food who suffer disproportionately, and alarmed that 80 per cent of people suffering from hunger live in rural areas, particularly in developing countries, and 50 per cent are small-scale and traditional farm holders, and that these people are especially vulnerable to food insecurity, discrimination and exploitation,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Vote
Topic(s)
Food & Nutrition
Poverty
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2012
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
HRC resolution, Promotion and protection of the human rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas (2012), A/HRC/RES/21/19, PP 4.