29.
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;
30.
Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights to provide all the necessary human and financial
resources for the effective fulfilment of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur;
31.
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 the international levels,
oriented to the eradication of poverty and the fulfilment of all human rights for all;
32.
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;
33.
Reaffirms that the Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive
Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security,
adopted by the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations in November 2004, 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;
34.
Requests the Advisory Committee to consider potential
recommendations for approval by the Council on possible further measures to
enhance the realization of the right to food, bearing in mind the priority importance of
promoting the implementation of existing standards;