28. Encourages the Special Rapporteur on the right to food and the Special
Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and transnational
corporations and other business enterprises to cooperate on the subject of the contribution of the
private sector to the realization of the right to food, including the importance of ensuring
sustainable water resources for human consumption and agriculture;
29. Recognizes the negative impact on the full enjoyment of the right to adequate food of
insufficient purchasing power and of increased volatility of prices of agricultural commodities on
the international markets, particularly on people in developing countries and on net-food
importing countries;
30. Supports the realization of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur as extended for a
period of three years by the Council in its resolution 6/2 of 27 September 2007;
31. Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights to continue to provide all the necessary human and financial resources for the
effective fulfilment of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur;
32. Welcomes the work already done by the Committee on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights in promoting the right to adequate food, in particular its general comment
No. 12 (1999) on the right to adequate food (article 11 of the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights), in which the Committee affirmed, inter alia, that the right
to adequate food is indivisibly linked to the inherent dignity of the human person and is
indispensable for the fulfilment of other human rights enshrined in the International Bill of
Human Rights, and is also inseparable from social justice, requiring the adoption of appropriate
economic, environmental and social policies, at both the national and international levels,
oriented to the eradication of poverty and the fulfilment of all human rights for all;
33. Recalls general comment No. 15 (2002) of the Committee on the right to water
(articles 11 and 12 of the Covenant), in which the Committee noted, inter alia, the importance of
ensuring sustainable water resources for human consumption and agriculture in the realization of
the right to adequate food;
34. Reaffirms that the Voluntary Guidelines to support the progressive realization of the
right to adequate food in the context of national food security represent a practical tool to
promote the realization of the right to food for all, contribute to the achievement of food security
and thus provide an additional instrument in the attainment of internationally agreed
development goals, including those contained in the Millennium Declaration;
35.
Acknowledges the work undertaken by the Advisory Committee on the right to food;
36. Requests the Advisory Committee to undertake a study on discrimination in the
context of the right to food, including identification of good practices of anti-discriminatory
policies and strategies, and to report thereon to the Council at its thirteenth session;
37. Welcomes the continued cooperation of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights, the Advisory Committee and the Special Rapporteur, and encourages them to
continue their cooperation in this regard;
38. Calls upon all Governments to cooperate with and assist the Special Rapporteur in
his/her task to supply all necessary information requested by him/her and to give serious
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