Geneva: The State of Qatar has strongly condemned the systematic and deliberate destruction of the food system in the Gaza Strip by the Israeli occupation forces in addition to their use of blockade and starvation policies as a weapon in their total genocide war against the Palestinians.
The State of Qatar called on the international community to take all necessary actions to protect the Palestinian people and ensure accountability for all those responsible for the crimes and grave violations committed against them.
This came in the State of Qatar's statement delivered by Hessa Essa Rashid Al Khater, third consular affairs researcher at the Department of Arab Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, during the interactive dialogue with Special Rapporteur on the right to food, within the framework of the fifty-eighth session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Al Khater noted that challenges continue to hinder the enjoyment of the right to food, including famine and malnutrition, environmental pollution, loss of biodiversity, and climate change, as well as the volatility of food prices exacerbated by conflicts or crises that have negatively impacted the realization of this right.
She highlighted Qatar's hosting of the International Conference on Food Justice from a Human Rights Perspective last year, during which the Doha Declaration on Food Justice was issued.
The declaration called for the establishment of just, healthy, and sustainable food systems based on upholding human dignity, protecting the most vulnerable, adopting ecological agriculture, and establishing fair and stable markets that do not prioritize growth and profit over human rights.
