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.