A/HRC/4/30 page 6 30 November 2006 to welcome the adoption of the new Implementing Rules and Regulations aimed at restricting those marketing practices promoting sales of formula milk for infants and to commend the Government’s stand in protecting children’s right to food and nutrition, despite external pressure. 11. At the same time, he has continued to work with NGOs involved in human rights and development. In June 2006, he participated in the World Social Forum on Migration held in Madrid from 21 to 24 June 2006. In March, he participated in an international conference entitled “How can we achieve the Millennium Development Goals?” held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. In December 2006, he participated in a conference organized by the International League for the Rights and Liberation of Peoples at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, on “Which future for peoples’ rights?”. In September 2006, the team of the Special Rapporteur participated in an expert seminar on the implementation of the right to food at the national level, organized by FIAN, FAO and the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg, in the context of the twentieth anniversary of FIAN International. His team also took part in the creation of the Swiss Alliance against Hunger on 14 October 2006 in Bern. 12. The Special Rapporteur also continued close collaboration with academia on issues relevant to the right to food. In May 2006 his team participated at a symposium on “Indicators, benchmarks, scoping and assessment” (IBSA) at the University of Mannheim, organized by Eibe Riedel, Vice-Chairperson of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and FIAN International. He also participated in a seminar on “Human rights in the fight against extreme poverty” held in Barcelona in November 2006 and organized by the Fundación la Caixa and the Centre for International Studies of the University of Barcelona. The Special Rapporteur and his team also participated in numerous other academic courses and seminars in 2006, including at the Graduate Institute of Development Studies and at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Geneva, and at the Faculty of Law of the universities of Fribourg and of Grenoble. I. POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS IN REALIZING THE RIGHT TO FOOD 13. The Special Rapporteur would like to bring to the Human Rights Council’s attention the following positive developments regarding the realization of right to food around the world, in addition to the positive examples in India, Guatemala and Brazil on which he reported to the General Assembly. Bolivia 14. In September 2006, the Bolivian Parliament adopted a groundbreaking land reform bill, proposed by President Evo Morales to redistribute underused land to rural communities, especially indigenous communities. This new law states that only land that is unused or has been corruptly obtained will be used for redistribution. If properly and efficiently implemented, this law could lead to redistributing up to 20 million hectares of land, mostly to indigenous people,