A/HRC/39/67 Annex III List of concrete suggestions General Colombia Colombia reiterated a number of comments made on the draft declaration as presented at the 4th session. Preamble Colombia Suggested to replace “food sovereignty” with “food security; Argentina Suggested replacing “food sovereignty” with “food security in PP 22 South Africa • To add: Recalling the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations which recognize the inherent dignity and worth and the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family as the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world, (from the preamble of the CRPD), • To add: Reaffirming the universality, indivisibility, interdependence and interrelatedness of all human rights and fundamental freedoms; and further reaffirming the fundamental human rights principles of human rights: equality, nondiscrimination and transparency, dignity, transparency, inclusion, equity, participation accountability and the need for peasants and other people working in rural areas to be guaranteed their full enjoyment, • South Africa proposes language that speaks to the empowerment and capacity building for peasants and other people working in rural areas on their rights so that they are able to fully participate in the decision making processes, • Add language on mobilizing resources and investment in implementation and capacity-building. It is important that international cooperation also be reflected. ILO Proposal for a new paragraph(s), possibly after pp10 or pp14: “Recognizing that most child labour is performed in the various subsectors of agriculture, much of this work is hazardous, and that is mainly performed in informal and family enterprises that depend on their children’s labour,” The above paragraph is based on the language used in the Buenos Aires Declaration adopted by IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour. The original paragraph reads as follows: “Recognizing that 71 per cent of child labour is performed in the various subsectors of agriculture, 42 per cent of this work is hazardous, and is mainly performed in informal and family enterprises that depend on their children’s labour”. An additional paragraph that we would like to propose for your consideration, which is also taken from the Buenos Aires Declaration, reads as follows: “Recognizing the importance of rural poverty reduction, the extension of social protection and access to public, free, complete, universal, quality primary and secondary education, 22

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