Human Rights Council
Resolution 9/6.
Follow-up to the seventh special session of the Human
Rights Council on the negative impact of the worsening
of the world food crisis on the realization of the right to
food for all
The Human Rights Council,
Reaffirming all previous resolutions and decisions on the right to food adopted in the
framework of the United Nations, in particular Council resolution S-7/1 of 22 May 2008,
Recalling the United Nations Millennium Declaration, in particular the first Millennium
Development Goal of eradicating hunger and extreme poverty by 2015,
Noting the outcome of the High-level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges
of Climate Change and Bioenergy, held from 3 to 5 June 2008, in Rome,
Resolved to act to ensure that the human rights perspective is taken into account at the
national, regional and international levels in measures to address the current world food crisis,
Welcoming the holding of the panel discussion entitled “The human right to food and the
global food crisis: root causes and responses”, held in New York, on 29 August 2008,
Acknowledging the task force established by the Secretary-General, and supporting the
Secretary-General to continue his efforts in this regard,
Recognizing the complex character of the current global food crisis, as a combination of
several major factors, both structural and conjunctural, also impacted negatively by, inter alia,
environmental degradation, drought and desertification, global climate change, natural disasters
and the lack of the necessary technology, and recognizing also that a strong commitment from
national Governments and the international community as a whole is required to confront the
major threats to food security,