UN declares water and sanitation as human right
The resolution on the right to water and sanitation has been accepted at the UN General Assembly recently. This resolution was presented by the Bolivian Prime Minister and 122 countries voted yes and 41 abstained with no countries voting against it.
Previously the draft UN resolution did not include sanitation as human right. Development organisations all over the world with the kind support of the respective governments, different networks, partner organisations and media took proper initiatives so that this issue could be taken up seriously in the Generally Assembly to establish sanitation as a human right.
The Government of Bangladesh took praiseworthy initiatives to include sanitation as a human right in the UN resolution that has been quite successful.
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The writer is a public health professional. Email: shamim@shamimahmed.net
The writer is a public health professional. Email: shamim@shamimahmed.net
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