A/HRC/33/59 4. States shall seek to ensure that their rural development, agricultural, environmental and trade and investment policies and programmes contribute effectively to strengthening local livelihood options and to the transition to environmentally sustainable modes of agricultural production. Article 23 2. Peasants and other people working in rural areas have, individually or collectively, the right to conserve, maintain and develop agricultural biodiversity, and the right to associated knowledge, including in crops and animal races. This includes the right to save, exchange, sell or give away the seeds, plants and animal breeds that they develop. States shall should recognize the collective use of and right to agricultural biodiversity, and the right to associated knowledge established and managed by peasants and other people working in rural areas. 8. Peasants and others working in rural areas have the right to participate, as appropriate, in decision-making on matters related to the conservation and sustainable use of agricultural biodiversity. Article 24 2. In order to realize the human right to water and sanitation of peasants and other people working in rural areas, States shall seek to guarantee at all times: European Union Article 19 Art. 19.1. in line with comments made previously, we would ask for amending the text of 19.1 so that it would read peasants and other people have the right … to the lands etc Art. 19.6. in line with our general comment made on Tuesday about our view that the declaration seemingly gives people working in rural areas rights beyond those enjoyed by others, which we would want to avoid. This paragraph seems to prioritise one group, namely small-scale fishers, over the economic benefits for all citizens. Article 24 The content of this article in our view is part of an adequate standard of living as stipulated in art. 11 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and references should therefore be in line with that article. Food and Agriculture Organization Article 22 1. Peasants of all regions of the world, particularly those in centers of origin and diversity, have made, and will continue to make, enormous contributions to the conservation and development of plant genetic resources, which constitute the basis of food and agricultural production throughout the world. 3. Peasants and other people working in rural areas have thea right to save, store, … 37