The agenda of the 46th session of the Human Rights Council has several topics that are closely related to FAO’s mandate and work, including on the right to food, right of children, environment and poverty alleviation.

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The 46th regional session of the Geneva-based council is conducted from 22 February to 23 March, which will count with the participation of the FAO and the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. 

FSNAU-FEWS NET report indicates large-scale food and nutrition insecurity due to multiple threats.

The Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition, together with the existing international policy instruments, help advance the rights of the most vulnerable groups in national food security contexts.

Humanitarian crisis continues to exert a terrible toll on children, warn FAO, UNICEF, WFP and WHO.

Opinion article by Juan Carlos García y Cebolla, Right to Food Team Leader, and and Mr. Jingyuan Xia, IPPC Office-in -Charge, published in El País.

During the key multi-stakeholder forum, Representatives coming from private sector, government, academia, and civil society joined voices for sustainable food systems.

Policy-makers, researchers and representatives from civil society and private sector will discuss how has the COVID-19 pandemic affected the realization of the right to food and what policy solutions can be brought to  accelerate progress towards the SDGs.