Voluntary Guidelines - part 2

The Working Group on the Voluntary Guidelines was set up during the 2002 World Food Summit with the remit "to support Member States" efforts to achieve the progressive realisation of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security'.

The Guidelines adopted in 2004 underline the measures that States must implement at the national and international levels for the realisation of the right to food. They deal with different development issues, such as legal and institutional questions, issues of good governance and national strategies, along with wider issues such as the economy, market operation, nutrition, food policies, education, women's rights, support for vulnerable groups, emergency and international aid, and the whole international dimension.