PHA-Exchange> Right to food in UN Gral Assembly

[claudio at hcmc.netnam.vn]

>   From: 
>       George Kent  
> A few days ago Prensa Latina ran this story:
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> USA Disses UN Human Food Rights
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> United Nations, Nov 18 (Prensa Latina) The government of President  
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> George W. Bush shamed the United States into international isolation  
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> after it rejected a UN resolution defending the human right to food.
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> After a week of UN debates on humanitarian affairs, US diplomats were  
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> the only ones to vote against a resolution supporting the Right to Food.
 
> The related text was sponsored by an unusual majority of 131  
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> countries, and another 44 UN member states yesterday voted in favor
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 Diplomats at the debates agreed the US delegation s stance ignored  
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> the right of every person to not suffer from hunger
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> The approved proposal reaffirms "hunger is an disgrace and violates  
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> human dignity," they sustained.
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> Can anyone tell me what they are talking about? Can you give me  
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> references to more complete accounts?
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> 
from       fdonati at ohchr.org      
>  
> This refers to the General Assembly Resolution on the right to food. The 
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> US were the only member states to vote against it for allegedly the 
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> following reasons:
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> > In requesting the vote, US noted that while it agreed with the sentiment 
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> of the resolution, it could not support the text as it was drafted, based 
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> on the fact that a progressive realization of rights does not give rise to 
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> obligations and in view of the fact that the draft contained some 
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> objectionable provisions.
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> 
> Federica Donati 


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