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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/her task, to supply all necessary information requested by him/her and to give serious
consideration to responding favourably to the requests of the Special Rapporteur to visit their
countries to enable him/her to fulfil his/her mandate more effectively;
37. Decides to convene a panel discussion on the realization of the right to food in the
period of its main session of 2009;
38. Recalls the requests made by the General Assembly, in its resolution 62/164, that the
Special Rapporteur submit to it an interim report at its sixty-third session on the implementation
of that 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, and by the Council that
the Special Rapporteur submit to it a comprehensive report on the fulfilment of his/her mandate
in 2009, in accordance with its annual programme of work;
39. 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/her
mandate, inter alia, through the submission of comments and suggestions on ways and means of
realizing the right to food;
40. Decides to continue the consideration of this matter under the same agenda item
in 2009 in accordance with its annual programme of work.
40th meeting
27 March 2008
Adopted without a vote. See chapter III.
7/15. Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
the sixtieth anniversary of which we celebrate this year, the International Covenants on Human
Rights and other human rights instruments,
Recalling all previous resolutions adopted by the Commission on Human Rights and the
General Assembly on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea, including Commission resolutions 2004/13 and 2005/11 and Assembly resolution 62/167,
and urging the implementation of those resolutions,
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