A/HRC/7/58 page 7 Asia and Europe. The independent expert organized expert consultations on extreme poverty and human rights in February 2007, which helped him incorporate some of the issues raised into his work. 20. The Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Jean Ziegler, continued to work closely with Governments, United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations around the world. In 2007, the Special Rapporteur visited Bolivia from 29 April to 6 May (A/HRC/4/30/Add.2) and Cuba from 28 October to 6 November (A/HRC/7/5/Add.3). The Special Rapporteur also continued to work closely with the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The Special Rapporteur welcomed the fact that the World Food Day on 16 October was dedicated to the theme of the right to food. He participated in various activities and initiatives in Europe to commemorate that day. In order to protect the right to food of children, the Special Rapporteur followed the work of the United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition on the issue of malnutrition, but also on obesity and its related problems. At the same time, the Special Rapporteur continued to follow up and work with social movements and non-governmental organizations involved in human rights and development around the world, and in promoting respect of the right to food. The Special Rapporteur also continued close collaboration with academia on issues relevant to his mandate. 21. The Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Paul Hunt, undertook several missions in 2007: to Uganda in February, Ecuador in May, Colombia in September and India in November. The Special Rapporteur submitted a report to the General Assembly on the prioritization of health interventions, impact assessments, and water and sanitation (A/62/214), all of which were analysed in their relation to the right to the highest attainable standard of health. He also submitted a report to the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/4/28), in which he reported on some of the progress made by the health and human rights movement in past decades, including sample cases that showed how various tribunals had interpreted and applied health-related human rights. On 19 September, the Special Rapporteur launched for public consultation a draft set of human rights guidelines for pharmaceutical companies in relation to access to medicines. Although States have primary responsibility for enhancing access to medicines, pharmaceutical companies also have a profound impact, both positive and negative, on the ability of Governments to realize the right to the highest attainable standard of health. The guidelines, designed to help pharmaceutical companies and those monitoring their activities, were open for comments until 31 December 2007. The Special Rapporteur is still conducting formal and informal consultations with pharmaceutical companies, non-governmental organizations and academics. The Special Rapporteur participated at the “Women deliver” conference held in London on 19 October, when the International Initiative on Maternal Mortality and Human Rights was launched. One of the Initiative’s objectives is to expose maternal mortality as a human rights calamity and to reinforce existing efforts to reduce it. 22. The Special Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights defenders, Hina Jilani, focused her seventh report (A/HRC/4/37), submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council decision 1/102, on the situation of human rights defenders working in the field of economic, social and cultural rights. In her report, she gave an overview of the legal context for the activities of these defenders, highlighting violations against their rights in view of the