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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation (2011), para. 30
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- 9. Stresses the important role of the international cooperation and technical assistance provided by States, specialized agencies of the United Nations system, international and development partners, as well as by donor agencies, in particular in the timely achievement of the relevant Millennium Development Goals, and urges development partners to adopt a human rights-based approach when designing and implementing development programmes in support of national initiatives and plans of action related to the right to safe drinking water and sanitation;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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Midterm comprehensive review of the implementation of the International Decade for Action, “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018–2028 (2019), para. 20
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- 3. Reaffirms its decision, in accordance with its resolution 71/222 on the International Decade for Action, “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018–2028, to review the implementation of the Decade at its seventy-seventh session;
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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Humanitarian assistance and rehabilitation for Ethiopia (2006), para. 15
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- 3. Also welcomes the efforts of the Government of Ethiopia, the international community and civil society, including non-governmental organizations, to strengthen mechanisms already in place to respond to such emergency situations, expresses appreciation of their endeavours to increase the availability of food through the procurement of local produce and to ensure access of households in need to food, health and water facilities, sanitation, seeds and veterinary services, and strongly encourages the Government of Ethiopia to continue such efforts;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Humanitarian
- Water & Sanitation
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Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation (2010), para. 25
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- (b) Contribute to the provision of a regular supply of safe, acceptable, accessible and affordable drinking water and sanitation services of good quality and sufficient quantity;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Water & Sanitation
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The right to food (2011), para. 29
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- 10. Stresses that improving access to productive resources and public investment in rural development are essential for eradicating hunger and poverty, in particular in developing countries, including through the promotion of investments in appropriate small-scale irrigation and water management technologies in order to reduce vulnerability to droughts;
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- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Water & Sanitation
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation (2011), para. 22
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- (d) To assess whether the existing legislative and policy framework is in line with the right to safe drinking water and sanitation, and to repeal, amend or adapt it in order to meet human rights standards and principles;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (2016), para. 31
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- (b) To give due consideration to the commitments regarding the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation when implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including through the full implementation of Goal 6;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation (2011), para. 16
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- 5. Reaffirms that States have the primary responsibility to ensure the full realization of all human rights, and must take steps, nationally and through international assistance and cooperation, especially economic and technical, to the maximum of its available resources, to achieve progressively the full realization of the right to safe drinking water and sanitation by all appropriate means, including particularly the adoption of legislative measures in the implementation of their human rights obligations;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation (2012), para. 20
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- 7. Expresses deep concern at the negative impact of discrimination, marginalization and stigmatization on the full enjoyment of the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Water & Sanitation
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Developing human resources for development (1998), para. 12
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- 2. Emphasizes that, in the development of human resources, an overall, well-conceived and integrated approach that mainstreams a gender perspective and takes into account the needs of all people should be adopted, incorporating such vital areas as population, health, nutrition, water, sanitation, housing, communications, education and training, and science and technology, as well as taking into account the need to create more opportunities for employment in an environment that guarantees political freedom, popular participation, respect for human rights, justice and equity, all of which are essential for enhancing human capacity to meet the challenge of development;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Water & Sanitation
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (2016), para. 02
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- Recalling its resolutions 64/292 of 28 July 2010, in which it recognized the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as a human right that is essential for the full enjoyment of life and all human rights, and 68/157 of 18 December 2013, entitled “The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation”,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (2016), para. 08
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- Recalling the designation of 19 November as World Toilet Day, in the context of Sanitation for All, pursuant to General Assembly resolution 67/291 of 24 July 2013, in which the Assembly encouraged all Member States, as well as the organizations of the United Nations system and international organizations and other stakeholders, to approach the sanitation issue in a much broader context and to encompass all its aspects, including hygiene promotion, the provision of basic sanitation services, sewerage and wastewater treatment and reuse in the context of integrated water management,
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- Water & Sanitation
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (2018), para. 44
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- (h) To provide for effective accountability mechanisms to ensure that all water and sanitation service providers, including private sector providers, respect human rights and do not cause or contribute to human rights violations or abuses;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (2018), para. 38
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- (d) To identify patterns of failure to respect, protect or fulfil the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation for all persons without discrimination and to address their structural causes in policymaking and budgeting within a broader framework, while undertaking holistic planning aimed at achieving sustainable universal access, including in instances where the private sector, donors and non-governmental organizations are involved in service provision;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (2018), para. 42
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- (h) To consult and coordinate with local communities and other stakeholders, including civil society and the private sector, on adequate solutions to ensure sustainable access to safe drinking water and sanitation;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (2018), para. 50
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- 10. Stresses the important role of the international cooperation and technical assistance provided by States, specialized agencies of the United Nations system and international and development partners, as well as by donor agencies, and urges development partners to adopt a human rights-based approach when designing and implementing development programmes in support of national initiatives and plans of action related to the rights to safe drinking water and sanitation;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- All
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Implementation of the International Year of Water Cooperation, 2013 (2013), para. 12
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- 2. Encourages all Member States, organizations of the United Nations system and all other actors to take advantage of the Year and to continue to promote actions at all levels, including through international cooperation, as appropriate, aimed at the achievement of the internationally agreed water-related goals contained in Agenda 21, 4 the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21, the United Nations Millennium Declaration 10 and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation 7 and the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled “The future we want”; 9
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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Global health and foreign policy: an inclusive approach to strengthening health systems (2020), para. 30
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- Recognizing the consequence of the adverse impact of climate change, natural disasters, extreme weather events as well as other environmental determinants of health, such as clean air, safe drinking water, sanitation, safe, sufficient and nutritious food and secure shelter, for health, and in this regard underscoring the need to foster health in climate change adaptation efforts, underlining that resilient and people - centred health systems are necessary to protect the health of all people, in particular those who are vulnerable or in vulnerable situations, particularly those living in small island developing States,
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- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Water & Sanitation
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Agriculture development and food security (2013), para. 34
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- 12. Recognizes the need to increase the resilience of food and agricultural production to climate change, and encourages efforts at all levels to support climate- sensitive agricultural practices, including agroforestry, conservation agriculture, water management schemes, drought- and flood-resistant seeds and sustainable livestock management, including the resilience of vulnerable groups and food systems, which can also have a wider positive impact, emphasizing adaptation and mitigation to climate change as a major concern and objective for all farmers and food producers, especially small-scale producers;
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- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Water & Sanitation
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (2016), para. 25
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- 2. Also welcomes the recognition by the General Assembly that the human right to safe drinking water entitles everyone, without discrimination, to have access to sufficient, safe, acceptable, physically accessible and affordable water for personal and domestic use, and that the human right to sanitation entitles everyone, without discrimination, to have physical and affordable access to sanitation, in all spheres of life, that is safe, hygienic, secure, socially and culturally acceptable and that provides privacy and ensures dignity, while reaffirming that both rights are components of the right to an adequate standard of living;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Water & Sanitation
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition (2020), para. 71
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- 22. Recognizes that sustainable food systems have a fundamental role to play in promoting healthy diets and improving nutrition and preventing and controlling non-communicable diseases, and welcomes the formulation and implementation of national policies aimed at eradicating malnutrition in all its forms and transforming food systems so as to make nutritious diets, including traditional healthy diets, available to all, while reaffirming that health, water and sanitation systems must be strengthened simultaneously to end malnutrition;
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- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Water & Sanitation
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition (2018), para. 52
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- 13. Recognizes the need to increase the resilience and sustainability of food and agricultural production with regard to climate change in the context of the rising demand for crops, bearing in mind the importance of safeguarding food security and ending hunger and the particular vulnerabilities of food production systems to the adverse impacts of climate change, and encourages efforts at all levels to support climate-sensitive agricultural practices, including agroforestry, conservation agriculture, water management schemes, drought-and flood-resistant seeds and sustainable livestock management, and to establish and strengthen interfaces between scientists, decision makers, entrepreneurs and funders of science, technology and innovation, as well as measures to strengthen the resilience of those in vulnerable situations and of food systems, which can also have a wider positive impact, emphasizing adaptation to climate change as a major concern and objective for all farmers and food producers, especially small-scale producers;
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- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Water & Sanitation
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Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation (2010), para. 12
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- 3. Affirms that the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation is derived from the right to an adequate standard of living and inextricably related to the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, as well as the right to life and human dignity;
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- Health
- Water & Sanitation
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Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic (2015), para. 44
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- 23. Strongly condemns the intentional denial of humanitarian assistance to civilians, from whatever quarter, in particular the denial of medical assistance and the withdrawal of water and sanitation services to civilian areas, which has recently worsened, stressing that the starvation of civilians as a method of combat is prohibited under international law and noting especially the primary responsibility of the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic in this regard, and deplores the deteriorating humanitarian situation;
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- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Water & Sanitation
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (2016), para. 18
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- Recalling also that the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation are derived from the right to an adequate standard of living and are inextricably related to the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, and to the right to life and human dignity,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Water & Sanitation
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (2016), para. 04
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- 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,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
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Rights of the child (2007), para. 108
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- (e) To promote the provision of clean water in all communities for all their children, as well as universal access to sanitation;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Water & Sanitation
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- Children
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation (2011), para. 27
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- (i) To provide for a regulatory framework aimed at ensuring that all water and sanitation service providers respect and protect human rights and do not cause human rights violations or abuses, and to ensure that national minimum standards, based on human rights criteria, are in place when water and sanitation services are decentralized, in order to ensure coherence and countrywide compliance with human rights;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (2018), para. 27
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- Affirming the importance of regional and international technical cooperation, where appropriate, as a means to promote the progressive realization of the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, without any prejudice to questions of international water law, including international watercourse law,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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Sanitation for All (2013), para. 15
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- 5. Urges all Member States, as well as the organizations of the United Nations system, international organizations and other relevant stakeholders, to accelerate progress in order to achieve Millennium Development Goal 7 and other Millennium Development Goals related to sanitation, including by redoubling efforts to close the sanitation gap through scaled-up ground-level action, noting in this regard the global effort to realize “Sustainable sanitation: the five-year drive to 2015”;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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