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3.
The drafting group deems necessary that two further related studies be undertaken, and
recommends that the Council entrust it with the task of preparing these studies, namely:
4.
(a)
Current food crisis, the right to food and hunger refugees: definition and situation;
(b)
Current food crisis, the right to food and the rights of peasants.
The drafting group proposes the following timetable for its work:
(a) The drafting group shall work during the period between August and December 2008
to draft the above-mentioned report;
(b) The drafting group proposes holding a meeting of its members to review the draft
report during the two days prior to the next session of the Advisory Committee, scheduled to be
held in January 2009;
(c) The Advisory Committee shall, at the above-mentioned session, consider the draft
report submitted by the drafting group on the right to food.
5.
The Advisory Committee recommends that the Council, at its next session, to approve the
preparation of the studies on hunger refugees and the rights of peasants, as recommended in
paragraph 3 above, so that the Advisory Committee may subsequently appoint experts to conduct
such studies and determine the timetable for their realization.
6.
The Advisory Committee also recommends that the Council allocate the resources
necessary to cover the drafting group meeting, to be held two days prior to the next session of the
Advisory Committee.
15th meeting
14 August 2008
1/9. Official summary records
At its 16th plenary meeting, held on 15 August 2008, the Advisory Committee, taking into
account the experiences gathered at its session, recommended that the Human Rights Council
request the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to take the
necessary steps to provide official summary records of all plenary meetings held by its Advisory
Committee. It also recommended that webcasting be made available to it to enhance access to its
proceedings by the public at large.
16th meeting
15 August 2008
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