Newsletter - October 2015


	NEWSLETTER - OCTOBER 2015


World Food Day, an opportunity to reflect on corporate influence In the last two decades, worldwide efforts towards eradicating hunger have achieved the decline of undernourishment by 21.4 percent globally. While such progress must be acknowledged considering the existing and challenging global environment, current approaches to tackling malnutrition are proving to be detrimental to peoples’ human rights. As pointed out by FIAN International’s Secretary General Flavio Valente in an opinion article on the World Food Day, nutrition is being detached from food and the social and cultural context in which food is produced and consumed. Read more…

Presentation of report on the 3rd International Mission to Guatemala Civil Society Mechanism welcomed decision on water at CFS 42 Another step towards a declaration for the rural world "Peoples' Nutrition Is Not a Business" released at FAO

Presentation of report on the 3rd International Mission to Guatemala

Organizations, networks and social movements published the long-awaited report on the 3rd International Mission on the Right to Adequate Food and Nutrition in Guatemala, while also addressing the status of human rights defenders in the country. The report proposes a set of recommendations to tackle the structural causes of hunger in Guatemala.

Civil Society Mechanism welcomed decision on water at CFS 42

For the first time, the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) looked into the issue of water, and particularly the link between the right to food and the right to water. In its decision box the CFS, emphasizes the value of water as a common public wealth and its centrality for ecosystems.

Another step towards a declaration for the rural world

In its recently approved resolution, the Human Rights Council (HRC) has complied with its promise to continue work towards adopting a declaration that defends the needs and rights of people in rural areas. The Intergovernmental Working Group's mandate will be extended for two more years. Welcoming this decision, FIAN International, along with La Via Campesina (LCV) and CETIM,

will continue to advocate for the immediate adoption of such a declaration.

"Peoples' Nutrition Is Not a Business" released at FAO

The

Right to Food and Nutrition Watch 2015 was launched at FAO Headquarters, unveiling key findings around nutrition and the impact of business operations on food policies. Welcoming its release, representatives from civil society, social movements and the UN came together to exchange views about current approaches to nutrition.

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