In 2017, the UN had a vote on whether food is a human right. The United States is the ONLY country that explicitly voted against it (a few others abstained). Here's their "justification".

@AgreeableLandscape · 3 years ago

In 2017, the UN had a vote on whether food is a human right. The United States is the ONLY country that explicitly voted against it (a few others abstained). Here's their "justification".

@k_o_t · 3 years ago

ok, this thing is ridiculous of course, but i thought that the section on “pesticides” maybe, just maybe a valid concern, well, let’s have a look at the actual declaration, the only mentions of pesticides there are the following

Bearing in mind that excessive and unregulated exposure to pesticides can havesevere impacts on the enjoyment of human rights, in particular the right to food, as well as the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health,

Recalling the International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management, adopted by the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations at its thirty-eighth session, in June 2013,

Invites States to promote practices that minimize potential health and environmental risks associated with pesticides, while ensuring their effective use;

and remember, in the “justification” report they called the above things the following

this resolution inappropriately introduces a new focus on pesticides

lol what? 🤷‍♀️

In 2017, the UN had a vote on whether food is a human right. The United States is the ONLY country that explicitly voted against it (a few others abstained). Here's their "justification".

In 2017, the UN had a vote on whether food is a human right. The United States is the ONLY country that explicitly voted against it (a few others abstained). Here's their "justification".

U.S. Explanation of Vote on the Right to Food | U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Geneva