A/HRC/RES/49/13
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
12 April 2022
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Forty-ninth session
28 February–1 April 2022
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
on 31 March 2022
49/13.
Mandate of Special Rapporteur on the right to food
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling all previous resolutions of the General Assembly and the Human Rights
Council on the right to food, and all resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights on the
issue,
Recalling also Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1, on institution-building of the
Human Rights Council, and 5/2, on the Code of Conduct for Special Procedure Mandate
Holders of the Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that all mandate holders shall
discharge their duties in accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto,
Recalling further all previous Human Rights Council resolutions on the mandate of
Special Rapporteur on the right to food,
Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which provides that everyone
has the right to a standard of living adequate for his or her health and well-being, including
food, as well as all relevant provisions set up in other internationally agreed commitments
and development goals, including the Sustainable Development Goals,
Recognizing in that context that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis is
exacerbating food insecurity, including through its devastating impact on the livelihoods of
people, agriculture and food systems, value chains, food prices, nutrition and food security,
Recognizing also that other interrelated global crises are likely to increase food
insecurity globally, including the risk that millions of people could face famine in many
regions of the world, and acknowledging the important role of the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations and the World Food Programme, among other relevant
United Nations development-related agencies, funds and programmes in that regard,
1.
Takes note with appreciation of the work of the Special Rapporteur on the right
to food in the matters related to the mandate;
2.
Decides to extend the mandate of Special Rapporteur for a period of three years
to enable the mandate holder to continue to work in accordance with the mandate established
by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 6/2 of 27 September 2007;
GE.22-05097(E)