UN General Assembly Adopts Resolution Recognizing Access to Clean Water, Sanitation a Human Right.
The United Nations has released a draft resolution on its website on the right to water and sanitation adopted by the General Assembly with a recorded vote of 122 in favor to none against, with 41 abstentions.
The new resolution calls on “States and international organizations to provide financial resources, build capacity and transfer technology, particularly to developing countries, in scaling up efforts to provide safe, clean, accessible and affordable drinking water and sanitation for all.”
Introducing the text, Bolivia’s representative said the human right to water had not been fully recognized, despite references to it in various international instruments. Lack of access to water kills more children annually than AIDS, malaria and measles combined, while a lack of sanitation affects 2.6 billion people, or 40 per cent of the global population.
The Assembly are bearing in mind the commitment to fully achieve the Millennium Development Goals (a review is scheduled in an upcoming summit) and expressed alarm that 1.5 million children under five years old died each year as a result of water and sanitation-related diseases, acknowledging that safe, clean drinking water and sanitation were integral to the realization of all human rights.
The United Nations has released a draft resolution on its website on the right to water and sanitation adopted by the General Assembly with a recorded vote of 122 in favor to none against, with 41 abstentions.
The new resolution calls on “States and international organizations to provide financial resources, build capacity and transfer technology, particularly to developing countries, in scaling up efforts to provide safe, clean, accessible and affordable drinking water and sanitation for all.”
Introducing the text, Bolivia’s representative said the human right to water had not been fully recognized, despite references to it in various international instruments. Lack of access to water kills more children annually than AIDS, malaria and measles combined, while a lack of sanitation affects 2.6 billion people, or 40 per cent of the global population.
The Assembly are bearing in mind the commitment to fully achieve the Millennium Development Goals (a review is scheduled in an upcoming summit) and expressed alarm that 1.5 million children under five years old died each year as a result of water and sanitation-related diseases, acknowledging that safe, clean drinking water and sanitation were integral to the realization of all human rights.
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