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net food-importing developing countries, to ensure the realization and protection of the
right to adequate food for their populations, and to report on his findings to the Council;
35.
Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Special Rapporteur
(A/HRC/13/33) and of the addendum thereto on large-scale land acquisitions and leases: a
set of minimum principles and measures to address the human rights challenge
(A/HRC/13/33/Add.2);
36.
Decides to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur, for a period of
three years, to enable him to continue to work in accordance with the mandate established
by the Council in its resolution 6/2 of 27 September 2007;
37.
Requests the Special Rapporteur, as part of his mandate, to continue to
monitor the evolution of the world food crisis and, in the context of his regular reports, to
maintain the Council informed of the impact of the crisis on the enjoyment of the right to
food and to alert it to possible further actions in this regard;
38.
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;
39.
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;
40.
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;
41.
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;
42.
Acknowledges the work being carried out by the Advisory Committee on the
right to food and, in that regard, welcomes its submission to the Council of the preliminary
study on discrimination in the context of the right to food, including an identification of
good practices of anti-discriminatory policies and strategies (A/HRC/13/32);
43.
Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to collect the views and
comments of all Member States, all relevant United Nations special agencies and
programmes and all other relevant stakeholders on the good practices of anti-discriminatory
policies and strategies set out in the preliminary study, so that the Advisory Committee take
them into account for the conclusion of the study;
44.
Requests the Advisory Committee to continue to work on the issue of
discrimination in the context of the right to food and, in that regard, to undertake a
preliminary study on ways and means to further advance the rights of people working in
rural areas, including women, in particular smallholders engaged in the production of food
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