[22/5/09] ROME - The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) is undergoing a reform process, following the decisions of its Members States and of the Extraordinary Conference of FAO during the Sessions of October and November 2008 respectively.
The Chairperson of the Committee on World Food Security, in agreement with the CFS Bureau and the Representatives of Member States in Rome, has proposed the establishment of a Contact Group with consultative status to assist the Chairperson and the Bureau in the process of renewing the CFS. The Special Rapporteur has been requested to contribute to this process as a member of the contact group. At the first meeting of the contact group, he will make concrete proposals about how to improve the contribution of a renewed CFS to the global governance of the food systems. His proposals are that the CFS should improve coordination ; promote collective learning; and ensure increased accountability through monitoring. he Special Rapporteur participates today to the Contact Group to support the Committee on World Food Security (CFS).
| ReadPDF | Contribution of Mr. Olivier De Schutter, Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Contact Group to support the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), 22 May 2009 (Revised version). |