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Covenant), 17 in which the Committee noted, inter alia, the importance of ensuring
sustainable water resources for human consumption and agriculture in realization of
the right to adequate food;
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34. 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 2004,7 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;
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35. Welcomes the continued cooperation of the High Commissioner, the
Committee and the Special Rapporteur, and encourages them to continue their
cooperation in this regard;
36. Calls upon all Governments to cooperate with and assist the Special
Rapporteur in his task, to supply all necessary information requested by him and to
give serious consideration to responding favourably to the requests of the Special
Rapporteur to visit their countries to enable him to fulfil his mandate more
effectively;
37. Requests the Special Rapporteur to submit an interim report to the
General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session on the implementation of the present
resolution and to continue his work, including by examining the emerging issues
with regard to the realization of the right to food within his existing mandate;
38. Invites Governments, relevant United Nations agencies, funds and
programmes, treaty bodies, civil society actors and non-governmental organizations,
as well as the private sector, to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur in the
fulfilment of his mandate, inter alia, through the submission of comments and
suggestions on ways and means of realizing the right to food;
39. Decides to continue the consideration of the question at its sixty-fifth
session under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights”.
65th plenary meeting
18 December 2009
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Ibid., 2003, Supplement No. 2 (E/2003/22), annex IV.
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