A/HRC/21/44 (b) Promoting the right to adequate food through the reduction of social and food vulnerability of populations in African countries by strengthening programmes for local purchase of food supply, such as government and United Nations agencies’ strategy for assistance and food aid, including school feeding programmes, also for humanitarian purposes, as in the case of the PAA Africa Programme. Partner countries are Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal and Zimbabwe. (c) Cooperation between Brazil, the United Kingdom and Ghana to support the design of the Livelihoods Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme of the Government of Ghana. (d) In El Salvador: programme for promoting the institutional strengthening of entities involved in social policy management and implementation; optimizing the decentralized management of social policies and programmes; promoting the intersectoral commitment of all stakeholders to mobilize local, regional, national and international resources for implementation and management of social programmes and policies; supporting the formulation process of a normative proposal for the institutionalization of the Salvadoran social protection system; the creation of mechanisms to improve the dialogue between government and civil society; improving the ability of effective capacity of Salvadoran social policies and programme managers; promoting the integration of the children and adolescents protection system in El Salvador. D. Remarks by the Independent Expert 55. The Independent Expert reiterates that the preceding paragraphs comprise only a summary account of some of her observations from her country study mission in Brazil. As such, the summary does not reflect other information that was gathered during her visit. To provide a broader frame of reference and a closer examination of the practices of international solidarity in the international cooperation programmes of Brazil, a full report will be forthcoming in this respect, and will be submitted to the 24th session of the Human Rights Council in September 2013. 56. Given what she has observed and learned from her first country study mission to Brazil, the Independent Expert commends the Government of Brazil for its policy and practice of solidarity in its international cooperation programme in all its modalities, both in South-South and triangular cooperation contexts. She is impressed by the iterative reference to solidarity as the driving force of Brazilian cooperation, across all ministries and offices of Government without exception which are involved in cooperation projects. 57. From this first country study mission, the Independent Expert has come to realize that in examining the interface between good practices of international solidarity in international cooperation and the realization of human rights, partnerships should be studied from both angles for a full validation of the impact of such practices. She hopes therefore, that her next country study mission will be to one of the partner countries of Brazil in Africa. V. Other activities 58. Since taking office on 1 August 2011, in addition to the undertakings described above, the Independent Expert has released media messages on the following occasions: the Durban Climate Change Conference otherwise known as COP17; UN International Human Solidarity Day celebrated annually on December 20; and Rio+20. She also joined other special procedures mandate holders in media statements on the imperative of human rights 12

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