UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/9/23 8 September 2008 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Ninth session Agenda item 3 PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter* Building resilience: a human rights framework for world food and nutrition security * In its resolution S-7/1, adopted by the Human Rights Council on 22 May 2008, the Council requested the Special Rapporteur to invite comments from States and other relevant actors on the impact of the global food crisis on the protection of the right to food and the required remedies from a human rights perspective, and to report thereon to the Council at its ninth session. Owing to the time restraints involved, the present report is submitted late. The footnotes and annexes to the report are reproduced as received, in the language of submission only. GE.08-15508 (E) 090908