A/HRC/10/2 A/HRC/AC/2008/1/2 page 16 1/7. Realization of the right to food in United Nations refugee camps The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, Recalling that, during its first session, held in Geneva from 4 to 15 August 2008, the Advisory Committee established a drafting group on the right to food, in pursuance of Human Rights Council resolution 7/14, and that the drafting group is to prepare appropriate recommendations for the Advisory Committee session in January 2009, Bearing in mind that the preliminary hearings held by the Advisory Committee and the drafting group during the first session revealed that large numbers of refugees and displaced persons in many camps run by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees are seriously and continuously underfed, Considering that, in some camps over 80 per cent of all children under 10 years of age suffer from anaemia and are incapable of following school programmes of the Office, for example, Gravely concerned that this dramatic situation is principally due to the shortfall in voluntary contributions to the Office by States members of the United Nations, Noting that the failure to assist persons suffering from undernourishment and hunger constitutes a violation of the right to food, Bearing in mind the territorial and extraterritorial obligations of States to respect, protect and realize the right to food, as defined in article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and interpreted in general comment No. 12 of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Suggests that the Council, at its next session, launch an urgent appeal to Member States to increase their voluntary contributions substantially and as soon as possible so as to enable the Office to discharge its mandate. 15th meeting 14 August 2008 1/8. Drafting group on the right to food: programme of work 1. Recalling Human Rights Council resolution 7/14, in which the Council requested the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee to consider potential recommendations for approval by the Council on possible further measures to enhance the realization of the right to food, bearing in mind the priority importance of promoting the implementation of existing standards, the Advisory Committee, at its first session, held from 4 to 15 August 2008, conducted a