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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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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (2016), para. 06
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- Recalling the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development of June 1992 10 and its resolution 66/288 of 27 July 2012, entitled “The future we want”, and emphasizing the critical importance of water and sanitation within the three dimensions of sustainable development,
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- 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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- All
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International cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space (2002), para. 49
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- 17. Endorses the recommendation of the Committee that the Committee on Space Research and the International Astronautical Federation, in liaison with member States, be invited to arrange a symposium on the theme “Remote sensing for water management in arid and semi-arid countries”, with as wide a participation as possible, to be held during the first week of the thirty-ninth session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee;
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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Final review and appraisal of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s and support for the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (2002), para. 36
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- 21. Further calls upon developed countries to channel financial, technical and other types of resources towards the priorities of the New Partnership, in particular infrastructural development, health services, education, water and agriculture, in accordance with the priorities determined by each African country, and to explore ways of generating new public and private innovative sources of finance for development purposes, provided that those sources do not unduly burden developing countries, particularly in Africa, and in this regard notes the proposal for the use of special drawing rights allocations for development purposes;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Water & Sanitation
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International Decade for Action, “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018–2028 (2017), para. 18
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- Noting further the United Nations World Water Development Report, a joint project of United Nations agencies and entities, in particular the edition entitled Water for a Sustainable World, the report of the annual international conference of UN-Water held in Zaragoza, Spain, in 2015, on the theme “Water and sustainable development: from vision to action”, UN-Water advice on means of implementation of the water-related Sustainable Development Goals and the work of the Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (2005), para. 23
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- 10. Takes note with interest of the establishment of the Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation by the Secretary-General, and looks forward to its contribution to the mobilization of efforts and resources towards the implementation of the commitments, goals and targets agreed upon in these areas;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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Implementation of the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997–2006) (2003), para. 31
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- 19. Emphasizes the link between poverty eradication and improving access to safe drinking water, and stresses in that regard the objective to halve, by 2015, the proportion of people who are unable to reach or to afford safe drinking water and the proportion of people who do not have access to basic sanitation, as reaffirmed in the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation; 9
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- Poverty
- 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. 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
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition (2020), para. 16
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- Recalling the United Nations strategic plan for forests 2017–2030, 22 acknowledging that forests provide essential products and ecosystem services, such as timber, food, fuel, fodder, non-wood products and shelter, as well as soil and water conservation and clean air, that sustainable management of forests and trees outside forests is vital to the integrated implementation of the 2030 Agenda and that forests prevent land degradation and desertification and reduce the risks of floods, landslides and avalanches, droughts, dust and sand storms and other disasters, and stressing in this regard the role of all types of forests, including boreal, temperate and tropical forests, in providing food security and nutrition,
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- Environment
- 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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- All
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Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (2009), para. 29
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- 15. Urges the Committee on Science and Technology to accelerate its efforts to establish links with scientific communities in order to make full use of relevant initiatives in areas relating to sustainable land and water management;
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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International Decade for Action, “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018–2028 (2017), para. 39
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- 14. Encourages Member States, relevant United Nations bodies, the specialized agencies, the regional commissions and other organizations of the United Nations system, as well as other relevant partners, including the private sector, to contribute to the International Decade for Action, “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018–2028, building on the momentum gained during the International Decade for Action, “Water for Life”, 2005–2015, in order to support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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Observer status for the Pan African Intergovernmental Agency for Water and Sanitation for Africa in the General Assembly (2013), para. 3
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- 1. Decides to invite the Pan African Intergovernmental Agency for Water and Sanitation for Africa to participate in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly in the capacity of observer;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (2019), para. 08
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- 2. Decides to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation for a period of three years;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation (2014), para. 21
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- 4. Also welcomes the work of the Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, and takes note with appreciation in particular of her reports 11 and her contributions to shaping the post-2015 development agenda and to progressively eliminating inequalities in access to safe drinking water and sanitation;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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Oceans and the law of the sea (2010), para. 179
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- 131. Welcomes the continued work of States, the United Nations Environment Programme and regional organizations in the implementation of the Global Programme of Action, and encourages increased emphasis on the link between freshwater, the coastal zone and marine resources in the implementation of international development goals, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 7 and of the time-bound targets in the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (“Johannesburg Plan of Implementation”), 12 in particular the target on sanitation, and the Monterrey Consensus of the International Conference on Financing for Development; 58 57F
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- Environment
- 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. 17
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- Noting the outcomes and the Ministerial Declaration of the eighth World Water Forum, held in Brasilia from 18 to 23 March 2018, and the outcomes of the United Nations special thematic sessions on water and disasters,
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) (2007), para. 08
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- Acknowledging the significance of the urban dimension of poverty eradication and the need to integrate water and sanitation issues within a broad-based approach to human settlements,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Water & Sanitation
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Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (2005), para. 21
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- 8. Welcomes the contributions of the regional commissions to the work of the Commission at its twelfth session, including the regional meetings focusing on the thematic cluster of issues on water, sanitation and human settlements, and their inputs to the reports of the Secretary-General;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (2008), para. 36
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- 20. Underlines the importance of the review of the implementation of the decisions of the thirteenth session of the Commission on water and sanitation; 13F 14
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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First United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997), para. 16
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- 5. Also recommends that the causes of poverty be addressed in the context of sectoral strategies such as those on environment, food security, population, migration, health, shelter, human resources development, fresh water, including clean water and sanitation, rural development and productive employment, and by addressing the specific needs of vulnerable groups, all of which should aim at the social and economic integration of people living in poverty;
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- Environment
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Water & Sanitation
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (2018), para. 11
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- Taking note of the relevant commitments and initiatives promoting the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation made at the 2014 high-level meeting of the Sanitation and Water for All partnership and in the Ngor Declaration on Sanitation and Hygiene, adopted at the fourth African Conference on Sanitation and Hygiene, in 2015, the Dhaka Declaration, adopted at the sixth South Asian Conference on Sanitation, in 2016, the Lima Declaration, adopted at the fourth Latin American and Caribbean Conference on Sanitation, in 2016, and the Dar es Salaam road map for achieving the Ngor commitments on water security and sanitation in Africa, adopted at the sixth Africa Water Week, in 2016, and in the call for action of the high-level symposium on the theme “Sustainable Development Goal 6 and targets: ensuring that no one is left behind in access to water and sanitation”, held in Dushanbe from 9 to 11 August 2016,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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International Year of Water Cooperation, 2013 (2011), para. 02
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- Recalling its resolution 47/193 of 22 December 1992 on the observance of World Day for Water, its resolution 55/196 of 20 December 2000, by which it proclaimed 2003 the International Year of Freshwater, its resolution 58/217 of 23 December 2003, by which it proclaimed the International Decade for Action, “Water for Life”, 2005–2015, to commence on World Water Day, 22 March 2005, its resolution 59/228 of 22 December 2004, its resolution 61/192 of 20 December 2006, by which it proclaimed 2008 the International Year of Sanitation, and its resolution 64/198 of 21 December 2009 on the midterm comprehensive review of the implementation of the Decade,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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Status of preparations for the International Year of Freshwater, 2003 (2002), para. 06
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- Noting the efforts for the preparations for the Third World Water Forum, to be held in Japan in March 2003, and for the elaboration of the World Water Development Report,
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- All
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Political declaration of the high-level meeting to review progress made in addressing the priorities of small island developing States through the implementation of the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway (2019), para. 54
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- (u) Urgent action to address the adverse impacts of climate change, including those related to sea level rise and extreme weather events, which continue to pose a significant risk to small island developing States and to their efforts to achieve sustainable development and, for many, represent the gravest of threats to their survival and viability, including, for some, through loss of territory, as well as through threats to water availability and food security and nutrition;
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- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Water & Sanitation
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Political Declaration of the Comprehensive High-level Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011–2020 (2016), para. 076
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- 54. We support the Secretary-General’s Zero Hunger Challenge and recommend increasing sustainable and responsible investment, both domestic and international, in sustainable agriculture and food security, the sustainable use of water resources, including through international public and private cooperation in rural and urban infrastructure, nutrition, secure land tenure, agricultural research and extension services, access to markets and to finance, especially for smallholder farmers, building irrigation facilities, technology developme nt and transfer on mutually agreed terms, the promotion of resilient and sustainable agricultural practices and reducing food loss and waste. We reaffirm the commitment to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable d evelopment, and to increase the economic benefits to the least developed countries that are small island developing States and coastal countries from the sustainable use of marine resources, including through the sustainable management of fisheries, aquacu lture and tourism by 2030.
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- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation (2011), para. 15
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- 4. Welcomes the submission of the compilation of good practices on the right to safe drinking water and sanitation, 2 in which the Special Rapporteur put particular emphasis on practical solutions with regard to the implementation of the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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