HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH EXPERTS ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD AND THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE HOUSING (UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva)

(Source: UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva) HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH EXPERTS ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD AND THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE HOUSING The Human Rights Council at a midday meeting today held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to food and the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living. Introducing his report, Olivier de Schutter, Special Rapporteur on the right to food, said that developments over the past year were encouraging and that efforts were being made to combat malnutrition, for example in the Sahel region.  Mr. de Schutter said that closer cooperation...