A/HRC/13/26 Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families have continued. OHCHR field presences have increasingly engaged in migration-related work including the promotion of the Convention and other relevant instruments, through training activities, advocacy, technical advice and other capacity-building initiatives. F. Economic, social and cultural rights in the light of the food, energy and financial crises 29. Many individuals and communities who faced the food and energy crises in 2008 saw their situation worsen in 2009. The global economic crisis has led to massive job losses, particularly in the developed world, and the contraction of several areas of the global economy. Some sectors such as construction, infrastructure and services have been directly affected, but other areas of production such as small-scale farming and small, often family-run, enterprises and service providers have also experienced significant difficulties. Workers who were already vulnerable have seen their capacity to negotiate salaries or protection mechanisms further reduced. In many countries, this has been compounded by reductions in public allocations to, and investments in, social services. Despite calls to ensure social protection for all in times of crises, some Governments have reduced their budget allocation to these areas while lending large amounts to private financial institutions. 30. Throughout 2009, OHCHR actively and systematically engaged in international discussions and policy debates around the financial and economic crisis. It supported the Council’s tenth special session on the impact of the global economic and financial crises on the universal realization and effective enjoyment of human rights, held in February 2009. I also participated in the General Assembly high-level Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis, held in June 2009. 31. OHCHR is contributing to several ongoing initiatives of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination, including the initiative on a social protection floor. It also supported the 2009 Social Forum of the Human Rights Council, and several special procedures mandate holders who highlighted the impact of the crises on human rights relevant to their mandates. 32. With regard to the global food crisis, OHCHR participated in the High Level Task Force for the Global Food Security Crisis and in February 2009 the Deputy High Commissioner participated in the World Summit on Food Security stressing the role that the right to food should play in the global and national solutions to the crisis. In light of the need to study the effects of the crisis on specific groups, OHCHR has worked to mainstream the human rights of persons with disabilities into development policies. G. Climate change 33. The adverse effects of climate change impact on economies and ecosystems and individuals and communities. In the latter context, the impact of climate change is not only related to environmental factors, but also to policies and measures to protect vulnerable populations and, accordingly, in their response to the multiple challenges of climate change adaptation and mitigation, States must give due regard to international human rights norms and standards. 34. At its tenth session in March 2009, the Human Rights Council considered the OHCHR study on the relationship between climate change and human rights (A/HRC/10/61), and adopted resolution 10/4 on human rights and climate change. As requested by the Council, OHCHR supported the organization of a panel discussion of the GE.09-17604 9