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44.
Requests the Special Rapporteur, as part of his mandate, to continue to
monitor the evolution of the world food crisis and, in the context of his mandate and regular
reports, to keep the Human Rights Council informed of the impact of the crisis on the
enjoyment of the right to food and to alert it to possible further actions in this regard;
45.
Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights to continue to provide all the human and financial resources necessary
for the continuation of the effective fulfilment of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur;
46.
Acknowledges the work being carried out by the Human Rights Council
Advisory Committee on the right to food and, in that regard, takes note of the final study on
the promotion of human rights of the urban poor: strategies and best practices, 3 and the final
study on rural women and the right to food,4 both prepared by the Advisory Committee, and
encourages States to take into account and consider implementing, as appropriate, the
findings and recommendations contained in both studies;
47.
Welcomes the continued cooperation of the High Commissioner, the
Advisory Committee and the Special Rapporteur, and encourages them to continue their
cooperation;
48.
Calls upon all Governments to cooperate with and assist the Special
Rapporteur in his task by supplying all necessary information requested by him and to give
serious consideration to responding favourably to the requests of the Special Rapporteur to
visit their countries to enable him to fulfil his mandate more effectively;
49.
Recalls the requests made by the General Assembly in its resolution 67/174
of 20 December 2012 that the Special Rapporteur submit to the Assembly an interim report
at its sixty-eighth 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;
50.
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 mandate through, inter alia, the submission of comments and
suggestions on ways and means of realizing the right to food;
51.
Requests the Special Rapporteur to submit a report on the implementation of
the present resolution to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-fifth session;
52.
Decides to continue consideration of this matter under the same agenda item
at its twenty-fifth session.
47th meeting
21 March 2013
[Adopted without a vote.]
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