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reaffirming the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the outcome documents of the
twenty-third special session of the General Assembly and the declarations adopted by the
Commission on the Status of Women on the occasions of the tenth, fifteenth, twentieth and
twenty-fifth anniversaries of the Fourth World Conference on Women, and underlining the
need to further strengthen their implementation,
Reaffirming General Assembly resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled
“Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, for the
achievement of sustainable development in its three dimensions – economic, social and
environmental – in a balanced and integrated manner, ensuring that no one is left behind,
while referring in particular to Sustainable Development Goal 6, on ensuring the availability
and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all, which reflects the interlinkages
between achieving universal and equitable access to safe drinking water, sanitation and
hygiene, including menstrual health and hygiene, while also striving to improve the quality
and safety of water, reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity, implement
integrated water resource management at all levels, protect and restore water-related
ecosystems and ensure special attention is paid to the needs and rights of all women and girls,
Recalling all Human Rights Council resolutions on climate change and human rights
and on human rights and the environment, including Council resolution 48/13 of 8 October
2021, as well as General Assembly resolution 76/300 of 28 July 2022, both entitled “The
human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment”,
Recalling also Human Rights Council resolution 56/11 of 11 July 2024 on menstrual
hygiene management, human rights and gender equality,
Recalling further that, 14 years after the recognition of the human rights to safe
drinking water and sanitation and nine years after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development, integrated approaches that support the practical realization of the
human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, in particular by tackling inequalities and
ensuring that special attention is paid to the needs and rights of all women and girls, are more
pertinent than ever before,
Welcoming the work of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking
water and sanitation, taking note with appreciation of his report entitled “Water and economy
nexus: managing water for productive uses from a human rights perspective”, 1 and
encouraging all States to consider the recommendations contained therein,
Concerned about the increase in costs for drinking water and sanitation services,
which may affect the full realization of the human rights to water and sanitation, and in this
regard affirming that drinking water and water facilities and services should be both
physically and economically accessible to everyone, without discrimination,
Welcoming the holding of the United Nations Conference on the Midterm
Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Decade
for Action, “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018–2028, held in New York from 22 to
24 March 2023, and taking note with appreciation of the summary of proceedings of the
Conference prepared by the President of the General Assembly, the United Nations Systemwide Strategy for Water and Sanitation, as requested by the General Assembly in its
resolution 77/334 of 1 September 2023 and launched in the context of the 2024 session of
the high-level political forum for sustainable development, convened under the auspices of
the Economic and Social Council, and the UN-Water road map for the integration of human
rights into water and sanitation, as key for the inclusion of human rights and the voices and
needs of rights holders in the United Nations,
Welcoming also the United Nations System-wide Strategy for Water and Sanitation,
requested by the General Assembly in its resolution 77/334 in order to enhance the
coordination and delivery of water priorities across the United Nations system and in this
context to place particular emphasis on the water-related needs of developing countries
related to the human rights to water and sanitation,
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