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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2013, para. 11
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- Decides to continue its consideration of the question at its seventieth session.
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- 2013
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Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2008, para. 1
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- Reaffirming the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- 2008
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Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2008, para. 2a
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- [Decides to appoint, for a period of three years, an independent expert on the issue of human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation, whose tasks will be:] To develop a dialogue with Governments, the relevant United Nations bodies, the private sector, local authorities, national human rights institutions, civil society organizations and academic institutions, to identify, promote and exchange views on best practices related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation, and, in that regard, to prepare a compendium of best practices;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- 2008
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Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2008, para. 2b
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- [Decides to appoint, for a period of three years, an independent expert on the issue of human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation, whose tasks will be:] To advance the work by undertaking a study, in cooperation with and reflecting the views of Governments and relevant United Nations bodies, and in further cooperation with the private sector, local authorities, national human rights institutions, civil society organizations and academic institutions, on the further clarification of the content of human rights obligations, including non-discrimination obligations, in relation to access to safe drinking water and sanitation;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2008
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Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2008, para. 2e
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- [Decides to appoint, for a period of three years, an independent expert on the issue of human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation, whose tasks will be:] To work in close coordination, while avoiding unnecessary duplication, with other special procedures and subsidiary organs of the Council, relevant United Nations bodies and the treaty bodies, and taking into account the views of other stakeholders, including relevant regional human rights mechanisms, national human rights institutions, civil society organizations and academic institutions;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2008
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2015, para. 6
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- Reaffirming its resolutions 58/217 of 23 December 2003, by which it proclaimed the period from 2005 to 2015 the International Decade for Action, “Water for Life”, 61/192 of 20 December 2006, by which it established 2008 as the International Year for Sanitation, and 65/153 of 20 December 2010, by which it called upon Member States to support “Sustainable sanitation: the five-year drive to 2015”, and recalling its resolution 65/154 of 20 December 2010, by which it declared 2013 the International Year of Water Cooperation,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2015
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2015, para. 5d
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- [Calls upon States:] 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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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- 2015
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2015, para. 9
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- Reaffirms that States have the primary responsibility to ensure the full realization of all human rights and to endeavour to take steps, individually and through international assistance and cooperation, especially economic and technical cooperation, to the maximum of their available resources, with a view to progressively achieving the full realization of the rights to safe drinking water and sanitation by all appropriate means, including, in particular, the adoption of legislative measures;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2015
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Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2010, para. 3
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- Recalling also relevant provisions of declarations and programmes with regard to access to safe drinking water and sanitation adopted by major United Nations conferences and summits, and by the General Assembly at its special sessions and during follow-up meetings, inter alia, the Mar del Plata Action Plan on Water and Development and Administration, adopted at the United Nations Water Conference in March 1977, Agenda 21 and the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, adopted at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in June 1992, and the Habitat Agenda, adopted at the second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements in 1996, Assembly resolutions 54/175 of 17 December 1999 on the right to development, and 58/271 of 23 December 2003 proclaiming the International Decade for Action, “Water for Life” (2005-2015),
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2010
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Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2010, para. 4
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- Noting with interest regional commitments and initiatives promoting the further realization of human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation, including the Protocol on Water and Health, adopted by the Economic Commission for Europe in 1999, the European Charter on Water Resources, adopted by the Council of Europe in 2001, the Abuja Declaration, adopted at the first Africa-South America summit in 2006, the message from Beppu, adopted at the first Asian-Pacific Water Summit in 2007, the Delhi Declaration, adopted at the third South Asian Conference on Sanitation in 2008, and the Sharm el-Sheikh Final Document, adopted at the Fifteenth Summit Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries in 2009,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2010
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2011, para. 9
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- 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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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2011
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2013, para. 10
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- Taking note of relevant commitments and initiatives promoting the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, including the Abuja Declaration, adopted at the first Africa-South America Summit, in 2006; the Sharm el-Sheikh Final Document, adopted at the Fifteenth Summit Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, in 2009; the Colombo Declaration, adopted at the fourth South Asian Conference on Sanitation, in 2011; the Chiang Mai Declaration, adopted at the second Asia-Pacific Water Summit, in 2013; and the Panama Declaration, adopted at the third Latin American and Caribbean Conference on Sanitation, in 2013,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2013
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2013, para. 15
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- Stresses the important role of international cooperation and the technical assistance provided by States, specialized agencies of the United Nations system and 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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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2013
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2013, para. 22
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- Decides to continue its consideration of this matter, under the same agenda item and in accordance with its programme of work.
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2013
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2014, para. 11b
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- [Calls upon States:] To identify patterns of failure to respect, protect or fulfil the human right 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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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2014
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2014, para. 13
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- Encourages the Special Rapporteur to facilitate, including through engagement with relevant stakeholders, the provision of technical assistance in the area of the implementation of the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, to identify challenges and obstacles to the full realization of the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, as well as protection gaps thereto, to continue to identify good practices and enabling factors in this regard, and to monitor the way in which the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation is being realized throughout the world;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2014
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2016, para. 9b
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- [Notes with concern that, in spite of all efforts, gender inequalities still exist in the realization of the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, and therefore calls upon States:] To take action to tackle systemic inequalities and to meet their obligations to effectively achieve substantive gender equality in the enjoyment of the rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, including through the implementation of targeted gender-responsive policies, budgets and measures that go beyond enacting formal provisions;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2016
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 4c
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- [Calls upon States:] To continuously monitor and regularly analyse the status of the realization of the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2017
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2014, para. 7
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- Welcomes the annual report of the Special Rapporteur submitted to the Human Rights Council on common violations of the human rights to water and sanitation, and encourages Governments and other stakeholders to use, as appropriate, the “Handbook for realizing the human rights to water and sanitation: from policy to practice”, presented in an addendum to that report as a tool for the progressive realization of the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2014
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 11
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- Recalling general comment No. 15 (2002) of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on the right to water (articles 11 and 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) and the statement on the right to sanitation of the Committee of 19 November 2010, as well as the reports of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2017
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The right to food 2016, para. 17
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- Stressing also that improving access to productive resources and investment in rural development is essential for eradicating hunger and poverty, in particular in developing countries, through, inter alia, the promotion of investments in appropriate small-scale irrigation and water management technologies in order to reduce vulnerability to droughts and tackle water scarcity, as well as in programmes, practices and policies to scale up agroecological approaches,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2016
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Right to food 2011, para. 11
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- 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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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2013, para. 5
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- Reaffirming also its resolutions 58/217 of 23 December 2003, by which it proclaimed the period from 2005 to 2015 the International Decade for Action, “Water for Life”, and 65/154 of 20 December 2010, by which it declared 2013 the International Year of Water Cooperation,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2013, para. 6
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- Recalling the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development of June 1992 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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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2013
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2013, para. 5
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- Takes note of the recommendation in the report of the High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, commissioned by the Secretary-General, in which the Panel lists water and sanitation among the illustrative goals in the post-2015 development agenda, and also takes note of the report of the Secretary-General entitled “A life of dignity for all: accelerating progress towards the Millennium Development Goals and advancing the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015”, in which the Secretary-General recognizes the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation as one of the foundations for a decent life;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2013, para. 6b
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- [Calls upon States:] To continuously monitor and regularly analyse the status of the realization of the human right to safe drinking water;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2013
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Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2008, para. 5
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- Decides to continue its consideration of this matter under the same agenda item at its tenth session.
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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- N.A.
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- 2008
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2015, para. 8
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- Taking note of the relevant commitments and initiatives promoting the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, including the Panama Declaration, adopted at the third Latin American Sanitation Conference, in 2013, the Kathmandu Declaration, adopted at the fifth South Asian Conference on Sanitation, in 2013, the 2015 Dushanbe Declaration of the High-level International Conference on the Implementation of the International Decade for Action “Water for Life”, 2005–2015, the commitments made on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation at the high-level meeting of the Sanitation and Water for All partnership in 2014 and the Ngor Declaration on Sanitation and Hygiene, adopted at the fourth AfricaSan Conference, in 2015,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
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Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2009, para. 3
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- Recalling also relevant provisions of declarations and programmes with regard to access to safe drinking water and sanitation adopted by major United Nations conferences and summits, and by the General Assembly at its special sessions and during follow-up meetings, inter alia, the Mar del Plata Action Plan on Water Development and Administration, adopted at the United Nations Water Conference in March 1977, Agenda 21, adopted at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in June 1992, and the Habitat Agenda, adopted at the second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements in 1996,
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- Negotiated soft law
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2009
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Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2009, para. 4
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- Taking note with interest of regional commitments and initiatives promoting the further realization of human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation, including in the Protocol on Water and Health, adopted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in 1999, the European Charter on Water Resources, adopted by the Council of Europe in 2001, the Abuja Declaration, adopted at the first Africa-South America summit in 2006, the message from Beppu, adopted at the first Asian-Pacific Water Summit in 2007, the Delhi Declaration, adopted at the third South Asian Conference on Sanitation in 2008, and the Cairo Declaration, adopted at the fifteenth summit of Heads of State and Government of the Non-Aligned Movement in 2009,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2009
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