U.N. forum says food crisis threatens basic rights

                   
thestar.com.my     May 22, 2008            

GENEVA (Reuters) - A dramatic rise in global prices threatens the basic human right to food and may undermine others like health and education, a top United Nations official said on Thursday. (REUTERS/Daniel LeClair/Files) U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour told the 47-country... [read full story]                

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Arbour: Food crisis could trigger greater spiral of inequality

earthtimes.org     May 22, 2008          

Geneva - The world food crisis could trigger a domino effect of exclusion and inequality if not handled correctly, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour warned Thursday. She was addressing the opening of a special day-...                

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UN rights chief blames 'skewed' trade practices for food crisis (AFP)

yahoo.com     May 22, 2008          

GENEVA (AFP) - The UN's top human rights official on Thursday criticised unfair trade practices and "skewed policies" on subsidies, saying they had contributed to the current global food crisis. Louise Arbour, the UN high commissioner for human rights, said the ongoing emergency has "exacerbated...                

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UN forum says food crisis threatens basic rights

sabcnews.com     May 22, 2008          

A top United Nations (UN) body said today that the dramatic rise in food prices that has caused hunger, shortages and protests around the world constituted a threat to basic human rights. Such access is a right protected by international law," the former Canadian Supreme Court justice said. The...                

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Response to food crisis must address underlying inequalities, says

nieuwsbank.nl     May 22, 2008          

[ Donderdag 22 mei 2008 | United Nations (UN) ] GENEVA -- The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour warned Thursday that a failure to respond to the global food crisis in a comprehensive manner that encompasses the rights of marginalized                

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UN rights chief blames 'skewed' trade practices for food crisis

hiiraan.com     May 22, 2008          

If passed, the resolution would ask states to consider "reviewing any policy or measure which could have a negative impact on the realization of the right of food... before instituting such a policy or measure". Arbour said: "The current food crisis stems from a perverse convergence of several...                

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U.N. forum says food crisis threatens basic rights

alertnet.org     May 22, 2008          

By Laura MacInnis GENEVA, May 22 (Reuters) - A dramatic rise in global prices threatens the basic human right to food and may undermine others like health and education, a top United Nations official said on Thursday. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour told the 47-country Human...                

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Human Rights Council opens Special Session on world food crisis

reliefweb.int     May 22, 2008          

Human Rights Council MORNING High Commissioner Says Individual Countries Cannot Confront the Scale of the Crisis Alone The Human Rights Council this morning opened its Special Session on the negative impact on the realization of the right to food of the worsening world food crisis, caused inter...                

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UN Human Rights Council Holds Special Session On World Food Crisis

voanews.com     May 22, 2008          

UN Human Rights Council Holds Special Session On World Food Crisis Nations attending a United Nations-sponsored special session on the world food crisis say failure to address the soaring cost of food threatens to undermine gains on reducing poverty. The 47-member U.N. Human Rights Council is...                

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Solution to food crisis must address inequalities UN human rights ch..

nieuwsbank.nl     May 22, 2008          

Donderdag 22 mei 2008 | United Nations (UN) ] 22 May 2008 - A wide-ranging approach addressing inequalities and the rights of marginalized groups is essential in tackling the current global food crisis, the top United Nations human rights official said                

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Canada agrees to food rights remedy

canada.com     May 22, 2008          

Steven Edwards , Canwest News Service Published: 54 minutes ago UNITED NATIONS - Canada reluctantly agreed to a global "right to food" remedy Thursday as the United Nations said soaring prices have put the total cost of food imports around the world at more than $1-trillion. At a special...                

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