A/HRC/43/44/Add.1 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 15 January 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-third session 24 February–20 March 2020 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Visit to Azerbaijan Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food*, ** Summary Vigorous economic growth and social transformation over the past 20 years have turned Azerbaijan into an impressive upper-middle-income country. The fragility of the economy because of its heavy dependence on oil and gas production highlights a need for diversification by increasing investments in the non-oil sector. The Government is therefore focusing its efforts on developing the country’s agricultural potential and on increasing productivity to guarantee economic stability. Azerbaijan has made impressive efforts to establish new institutions. The challenge now is to ensure that the right to food is provided for all and the related goals are implemented through the allocation of adequate budgets and securing growth that benefits all levels of society. That effort is still in its early stages and needs to incorporate a human rights-based approach to ensure sustainable development in the agricultural sector that is sensitive to the needs and traditions of the country’s regions and people of different ethnic backgrounds. * The summary of the report is being circulated in all official languages. The report itself, which is annexed to the summary, is being circulated in the language of submission only. ** Agreement was reached to publish the present report after the standard publication date owing to circumstances beyond the submitter’s control. GE.20-00532(E) 