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2."The Special Rapporteur is
outraged to report that global hunger is still on the rise. According to the
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) latest report on The
State of Food Insecurity in the World 2006, there has been virtually no
progress made on reducing hunger, despite the commitments made by Governments
in 1996 and again at the Millennium Summit in 2000. While in 1996, the number
of people suffering from undernourishment was estimated to be about 800 million
people, FAO's latest estimate suggests that there are now 854 million people
who do not get enough to eat every day. More than 6 million children die from
hunger-related illness every year before their fifth birthday."
Summary
"The Special Rapporteur also
focuses on the silent tragedy of children suffering and dying from hunger and
malnutrition. Without adequate food and nutrition during their first five
years, children suffer from physical stunting and limited intellectual
development, condemning them to early death or a marginal existence for the
rest of their lives. Without respect for their right to food, children become
involved in forced labour to help feed themselves and their families, including
recruitment as child soldiers."
"Hunger forces tens of thousands
of people to flee their own countries, particularly from sub-Saharan Africa.
The Special Rapporteur calls the Council's attention to Africa's 'refugees from
hunger' and the criminalization of their forced migration."
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Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/4/30 19 January
2007 Original: ENGLISH |
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
Fourth session
Item 2 on the provisional agenda
REPORT OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON
THE RIGHT TO FOOD, JEAN ZIEGLER
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