A/HRC/22/57 where the parents are seen as antithetical to the regime, the child and the rest of the family are also discriminated against in their access to school, hospitals and other necessities.” 81 62. The 2008 reports of the Special Rapporteur to the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly specifically analyse patterns of discrimination that affect development, access to food and other necessities, and particular sectors of society. With reference to the right to food, the Special Rapporteur has stressed that “beyond the elite, the people are faced with a painful paradox: on the one hand, the social safety nets which the State offered in the past are now no longer reliable and they must seek other ways to fend for themselves; on the other hand, when they undertake various livelihood initiatives to supplement their income, the authorities clamp down on them for fear of losing their grip on the population.”82 63. In 2009, the Special Rapporteur dedicated part of his report to the General Assembly to the issue of “freedom from discrimination”. He noted that the discrimination that results from the stratification of society can be seen through the plight of several groups, and that food and other shortages have particularly taken their toll on women, with high malnutrition rates particularly recorded in pregnant women. 83 64. The General Assembly resolutions have reflected the concerns raised in these reports. For instance, resolution 66/174 expressed concern at the precarious humanitarian situation which is compounded by the “prevalence of chronic and acute malnutrition, particularly among the most vulnerable groups, pregnant women, infants and the elderly.” 84 65. In its consideration of the State report of the Democratic People‟s Republic of Korea in 2005, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) underscored that there is a difference between de jure and de facto equality between men and women. The Committee noted with concern the persistence of traditional and stereotyped assumptions and attitudes in respect of the roles and responsibilities of women and men, which are discriminatory against women and have a pronounced impact, particularly in the areas of education and employment as well as in other areas of their lives. There is only limited access by women to key decision-making positions at the top, particularly in politics, the judiciary and the civil service. It is also concerned that in times of economic crisis, as in the current situation of the country, women‟s prescribed roles and lesser entitlement intensifies their hardship and amounts to compounded discrimination. 85 66. The concerns of CEDAW have been echoed by the Secretary-General and the Special Rapporteur in all their reports and have been reflected in numerous United Nations resolutions. Several resolutions express deep concern at the “continued violation of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of women, in particular the trafficking of women for prostitution or forced marriage,” as well as forced abortions and gender based discrimination.86 67. In 2005, the Commission on Human Rights expressed deep concern about the continued violation of the women‟s rights, in particular the trafficking of women for prostitution or forced marriage, ethnically motivated forced abortions, including by 81 82 83 84 85 86 24 A/HRC/10/18, para 28 A/HRC/7/20, para 13; A/63/322, paras 9, 29, 45, 50 A/64/224, paras 39-52 A/RES/66/174, para 3; See also A/RES/ 63/190; A/RES/64/175; A/RES/65/225; A/RES/66/174. CEDAW/C/PRK/CO/1, paras 35, 45, 57; See also documents available at http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/33sess.htm E/CN.4/RES/2004/13, para 1(d); E/CN.4/RES/2005/11; A/RES/60/173; A/RES/61/174; A/RES/62/167; A/RES/63/190;, A/RES/64/175;A/RES/66/174; A/HRC/RES/13/14