The right to food : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
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SignaturaA/RES/57/226
TítuloThe right to food : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
AccesoEnglish: A_RES_57_226-EN - PDF ; Español: A_RES_57_226-ES - PDF ; Français: A_RES_57_226-FR - PDF ; Other: A_RES_57_226-DE - PDF ; Русский: A_RES_57_226-RU - PDF ; العربية: A_RES_57_226-AR - PDF ; 中文: A_RES_57_226-ZH - PDF ;
Resúmen
Reaffirms that hunger constitutes an outrage and a violation of human dignity; also reaffirms the right of everyone to have access to safe and nutritious food; considers it intolerable that there are around 840 million undernourished people in the world and that every year 36 million people die, directly or indirectly, as a result of hunger and nutritional deficiencies, most of them women and children; stresses the need to make efforts to mobilize and optimize the allocation and utilization of technical and financial resources from all sources; expresses its appreciation to the Special Rapporteur for his effective contribution to the medium-term review of the implementation of the Rome Declaration on World Food Security and the World Food Summit Plan of Action; welcomes the 3 expert consultations on the right to food convened by the former High Commissioner and her personal commitment to the promotion and realization of the right to food; welcomes the decision of the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN adopted at its 123rd session, to establish an Intergovernmental Working Group as a subsidiary body of the Committee on World Food Security; encourages the Special Rapporteur to mainstream a gender perspective in the activities relating to his mandate; welcomes the work already done by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in promoting the right to adequate food.
Nota sobre el evento2002-12-18
Resúmen de la votación
Adopted 176-1-7, 77th plenary meeting
ProyectoA/C.3/57/L.68
Informe del ComitéA/57/556/Add.2
Acta de la sesión
A/57/PV.77
Información del programaA/57/251 109b Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms. HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT
A/57/251 109b[23] RIGHT TO FOOD
A/57/251 109b[23] RIGHT TO FOOD
Fecha[New York] : UN, 26 Feb. 2003
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