A/HRC/RES/33/10
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
5 October 2016
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-third session
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 29 September 2016
33/10.
The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming all previous relevant resolutions of the Human Rights Council, inter alia
resolutions 7/22 of 28 March 2008, 12/8 of 1 October 2009, 15/9 of 30 September 2010,
16/2 of 24 March 2011, 18/1 of 28 September 2011, 21/2 of 27 September 2012, 24/18 of
27 September 2013 and 27/7 of 2 October 2014,
Recalling General Assembly resolution 64/292 of 28 July 2010, in which the
Assembly recognized the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation as essential for
the full enjoyment of the right to life and all other human rights,
Recalling also General Assembly resolution 70/169 of 17 December 2015, in which
the Assembly recognized the rights to safe drinking water and sanitation as human rights
that are essential for the full enjoyment of the right to life and all other human rights, and
recalling also all resolutions by the Assembly relevant to the full realization of the human
rights to safe drinking water and sanitation,
Recalling further the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities,
Recalling the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, which reaffirms that all
human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated, including the right
to development,
Welcoming the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 1
including Goal 6 on ensuring the availability and sustainable management of water and
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General Assembly resolution 70/1.
GE.16-17210(E)