35. Welcomes the continued cooperation of the High Commissioner, the Committee and the Special Rapporteur, and encourages them to continue their cooperation in this regard; 36. 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 consideration to responding favourably to the requests of the Special Rapporteur to visit their countries to enable him/her to fulfil his/her mandate more effectively; 37. Decides to convene a panel discussion on the realization of the right to food in the period of its main session of 2009; 38. Recalls the requests made by the General Assembly, in its resolution 62/164, that the Special Rapporteur submit to it an interim report at its sixty-third session on the implementation of that resolution and to continue his work, including by examining the emerging issues with regard to the realization of the right to food within his existing mandate, and by the Council that the Special Rapporteur submit to it a comprehensive report on the fulfilment of his/her mandate in 2009, in accordance with its annual programme of work; 39. Invites Governments, relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, treaty bodies and civil society actors, including non-governmental organizations, as well as the private sector, to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur in the fulfilment of his/her mandate, inter alia, through the submission of comments and suggestions on ways and means of realizing the right to food; 40. Decides to continue the consideration of this matter under the same agenda item in 2009 in accordance with its annual programme of work. 40th meeting 27 March 2008 Adopted without a vote.

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