STATES MUST ACT NOW TO FULFIL FAMINE VICTIMS´ RIGHT TO FOOD - UN EXPERT
(WorldNews Switzerland)

23 October 2017 NEW YORK, 23 October 2017 (Issued as received) - The tragic reality of famine around the world has revealed that many States are failing to uphold their legal responsibilities, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Hilal Elver, told the UN General Assembly in New York today. She also called for an urgent shift in thinking away from crisis reactions and toward famine prevention. `Contrary to popular belief, casualties resulting directly from combat usually make up only a small proportion of deaths in conflict zones, with most individuals in fact perishing from hunger and disease,` Ms. Elver said in her annual report to the General Assembly. The Special Rapporteur...