Planning for the realization of the rights to water and sanitation 2011, para. 47
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- To ensure coordination, Governments may wish to appoint a focal point or create a steering committee or task force. The Colombo Declaration, adopted at the fourth South Asian Conference on Sanitation in April 2011, explicitly calls on countries "to establish one national body with responsibility for coordinating sanitation and hygiene, involving all stakeholders including, but not limited to, those responsible for finance, health, public health, environment, water, education, gender and local government at national, subnational and local levels". Such a coordination body needs backing from the highest political level as well as a clear mandate. To avoid a disjuncture between the different phases of planning, it is essential that the same institutions are involved throughout the entire planning cycle.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 47
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