A/HRC/13/33/Add.4 Summary This report presents the findings and recommendations of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food from his country visit to Guatemala from 3 to 5 September 2009. The aim of the visit was to assess the implementation of the recommendations issued by the Rapporteur’s predecessor during his visit to Guatemala in February 2005 and to examine the current status of the realization of the right to food in Guatemala. The Special Rapporteur was impressed by the degree of commitment and the range of efforts deployed by the Government of Guatemala to improve the situation of food security in the country. He concludes, however, that more needs to be done to remove the structural obstacles to the full realization of the right to food, including for indigenous people. The report invites the Government to consider recommendations in five priority areas. Measures should be adopted to: (a) Address unequal access to land, including full implementation and codification into law of the Policy for Integral Rural Development; (b) Integrate human rights principles into existing social programmes, and the Mi Familia Progresa cash transfer programme in particular; (c) Raise the minimum salary and reinforce the capacity of the Labour Inspectorate; (d) Strengthen the System of Information and Communication on Food and Nutrition Security (SICSAN); (e) Reform the taxation system, including by amending the Solidarity Tax and increasing the income tax on the highest revenues. 2