Tag: #UN Food System Summit

People’s movements to counter UN summit; call to reclaim food systems from corporate control

Left Review Online June 05, 2021

People’s movements to counter UN summit; call to reclaim food systems from corporate control

On the occasion of World Environment Day, June 5, people’s movements and civil society organizations around the globe today launched the Global People’s Summit (GPS) on Food Systems, a counter-summit to the UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) slated to be held later this year. Organisers of the GPS...More

UN rights expert pledges to amplify rural voices in upcoming UN Food Systems Summit

Left Review Online October 17, 2020

UN rights expert pledges to amplify rural voices in upcoming UN Food Systems Summit

OCTOBER 14, 2020. Rural groups and food sovereignty advocates from around the world organized an independent digital dialogue to engage with UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food Michael Fakhri and his predecessor Hilal Elver on the demands and recommendations they want to raise in the 2021...More