Dear colleagues,
2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security (RTFG). With its Special Event on the Right to Food held on 27 October 2023, the 51st session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS 51) highlighted the importance of the Guidelines and framed a constructive dialogue between stakeholders focusing on the interlinkages between the RTFG and other CFS policy products in the context of the present-day agrifood systems transformations.
The FAO Right to Food Team and the CFS Secretariat are inviting you to continue this enriching dialogue in submitting your contribution to the second phase of the Call for Submissions on the “20th anniversary of the RTFG – Call for inputs on the realization of the Human Right to Adequate Food”. The Call will re-open from 31st October to 17th December 2023.
We thank all participants who contributed to the first phase of the Call for Submissions, which run for 6 weeks during May-June 2023, and would like to encourage responses to this second phase from all regions, in any of the six UN official languages.
Looking towards the celebrations of the Right to Food Guidelines in 2024, the results of this call will help inform on efforts made to realize the right to adequate food at local, national, regional or global level, and provide an important stock taking opportunity for countries and their people.
We look forward to learning from your experiences and thank you in advance for your valuable contributions.
The joint team of co-facilitators Ms Hubert-Chartier, Ms Claire Mason and Ms Sarah Brand from the Right to Food, and Chiara Cirulli from the CFS Secretariat
Right to Food Team and CFS Secretariat