Jean Ziegler begins his new mandate at the Advisory Committee of the UN Human Rights Council.

Jean Ziegler, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food from 2001 to 30 April 2008, has been appointed as a Member of the Advisory Committee of the United Nations' Human Rights Council. In his new capacity, he is responsible for the promotion and protection of economic and social Rights, and in particular the right to food. He began his new mandate at the United Nations on 1 May 2008.