Olivier De Schutter | United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food

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2010

Read 22/06/2010, Brussels: "Agroecology outperforms large-scale industrial farming for global food security"
Read 14/05/2010, Geneva: "Right to food gains ground, but there's still much to be done"
Read 05/03/2010, Geneva: "Benin is at a key moment in the redefinition of its agricultural policies"
Read 05/03/2010, Geneva: "Brazil still a country of two tales: remarkable progress in the fight against hunger, amidst stark social inequalities"
Read 05/03/2010, Geneva: "Guatemela: More needs to be done to remove obstacles to the right to food"
Read 05/03/2010, Geneva: "Nicaragua: I urge the international donor community and the Government to continue working towards the implementation of the right to food in the country"
Read 05/03/2010, Geneva: "The imbalance of power between smallholders and agribusiness must be corrected"

2009

Read 16/12/2009, Geneva: “Climate change, a ticking time bomb for global food security”
Read 01/12/2009, Geneva, WTO Ministerial: “Trade negotiations need to reflect the new global consensus on hunger”
Read 21/10/2009, New York: “Current intellectual property rights regime suboptimal for global food security”
Read 16/10/2009, Brasilia, World Food Day: “Brazil is a leading country on the right to food, tremendous opportunities to do even better”
Read 18/09/2009, Geneva: Political will needed to tackle food crisis and restructure agriculture
Read 23/06/2009, Geneva & New York: “The global food crisis is not over. Our obligations go beyond fixing the financial system”
Read 11/06/2009, Geneva & Brussels: Principles and measures to discipline “land grabbing”
Read 06/05/2009, New York: Global financial crisis and volatile world food prices give urgency to agriculture

2008

Read 10/07/2008, Geneva: UN human rights food expert to G8: “Better, But Not Good Enough”