[23 July 2012] YAOUNDÉ/GENEVA – “In Cameroon, food security indicators are on red alert despite the measures taken in response to the 2008 food crisis and the increasing revenues drawn from the extensive use of its natural resources,” Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, stated today at the closing press conference of his official mission to Cameroon, which began on 16 July.*

[20 June 2012] GENEVA – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter welcomed the agreement on the Rio+20 Outcome Document. “The negotiators have acknowledged the important contribution human rights, including the right to food, can make to sustainable development.”