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International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights), 14 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;
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29. Recalls General Comment No. 15 (2002) of the Committee on the right
to water (articles 11 and 12 of the Covenant), 15 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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30. 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 2004,8 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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31. Welcomes the continued cooperation of the High Commissioner, the
Committee and the Special Rapporteur, and encourages them to continue their
cooperation in this regard;
32. 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;
33. Requests the Special Rapporteur to submit an interim report to the
General Assembly at its sixty-third 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;
34. Invites Governments, relevant United Nations agencies, funds and
programmes, treaty bodies and civil society actors, including 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;
35. Decides to continue the consideration of the question at its sixty-third
session under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights”.
76th plenary meeting
18 December 2007
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14
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2000, Supplement No. 2 and corrigendum
(E/2000/22 and Corr.1), annex V.
15
Ibid., 2003, Supplement No. 2 (E/2003/22), annex IV.
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