The right to food : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2003
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SymbolA/RES/58/186
TitleThe right to food : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
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Summary
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; stresses the need to make efforts to mobilize and optimize the allocation and utilization of technical and financial resources from all sources and to reinforce national actions to implement sustainable food security policies; urges States to give adequate priority in their development strategies and expenditures to the realization of the right to food; supports the realization of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur as extended by the Commission on Human Rights in its resolution 2003/25.
Action note2003-12-22
Vote summary
Adopted 176-1-2, 77th plenary meeting
DraftA/C.3/58/L.70
Committee reportA/58/508/Add.2
Meeting record
A/58/PV.77
Agenda information
A/58/251 117b Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms. HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT
A/58/251 117b[17] RIGHT TO FOOD
A/58/251 117b[17] RIGHT TO FOOD
Date[New York] : UN, 18 Mar. 2004
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4 p.
Notes
Issued in GAOR, 58th sess., Suppl. no. 49.