The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2011, para. 9
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Deeply concerned that approximately 884 million people lack access to improved water sources and that more than 2.6 billion people do not have access to improved sanitation as defined by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund in their 2010 Joint Monitoring Programme report, and alarmed that, every year, approximately 1.5 million children under five years of age die and 443 million school days are lost as a result of water- and sanitation-related diseases,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Water & Sanitation
Person(s) affected
Children
Year
2011
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
HRC resolution, The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation (2011), A/HRC/RES/18/1, PP 9.