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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2016, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 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 their available resources, to achieve progressively the full realization of the rights to safe drinking water and sanitation by all appropriate means, including in particular the adoption of legislative measures in the implementation of their human rights obligations; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2016, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 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; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The right to food 2008, para. 33 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalls general comment No. 15 (2002) of the Committee on the right to water (articles 11 and 12 of the Covenant), in which the Committee noted, inter alia, the importance of ensuring sustainable water resources for human consumption and agriculture in the realization of the right to adequate food; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2009, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Deeply concerned that approximately 884 million people lack access to safe drinking water and that over 2.5 billion do not have access to basic sanitation, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2009 | ||
The right to food 2016, para. 31 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages States to consider developing their legal structures in order to protect resources directly related to the right to food, such as water resources, access to land and seed production; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2014, para. 11 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Deeply concerned that, according to the 2014 Joint Monitoring Programme update, more than 2.5 billion people still do not have access to improved sanitation facilities, including 1 billion people who still practice open defecation, and that the world remains off track to meet the sanitation component of Millennium Development Goal 7, which called for halving the proportion of the population without sustainable access to an improved sanitation facility; and welcoming therefore the emphasis placed by States on the topic of sanitation, for instance in General Assembly resolution 65/1 of 22 September 2010, in which States committed to, inter alia, redouble efforts to close the sanitation gap through scaled-up ground-level action, and the proclamation of 19 November as World Toilet Day in the context of Sanitation for All, pursuant to Assembly resolution 67/291 of 24 July 2013, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2014, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 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 their available resources, to achieve progressively the full realization of the right to safe drinking water and sanitation by all appropriate means, including in particular the adoption of legislative measures in the implementation of their human rights obligations; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
The right to food 2015, para. 28 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages States to consider developing their legal structures in order to protect resources directly related to the right to food, such as water resources, access to land and seed production; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2014, para. 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcoming the fact that, according to the 2012 Joint Monitoring Programme report of the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Millennium Development Goal target relating to the reduction by 50 per cent of people without access to an improved water source was formally met five years before its deadline of 2015, while being deeply concerned, however, that, according to the 2014 Joint Monitoring Programme update, a large number of the world’s population still does not enjoy access to safe drinking water, as 748 million people, nearly half of them in sub-Saharan Africa, still lack access to improved drinking-water sources, and that at least 1.8 billion people are estimated to be using an improved or unimproved drinking water source that is unsafe, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2013, para. 14 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 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 their available resources, to achieve progressively the full realization of the right to safe drinking water and sanitation by all appropriate means, including in particular the adoption of legislative measures in the implementation of their human rights obligations; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2012, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Further welcomes the fact that, according to the 2012 Joint Monitoring Programme report, the Millennium Development Goal target relating to the reduction by 50 per cent of people without access to an improved water source has been met five years before its deadline of 2015, insists that much remains to be done on safety, equity, equality and non-discrimination issues, and regrets the fact that the Millennium Development Goal target on sanitation is still one of the most off-track of the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2012, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 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 their available resources, to achieve progressively the full realization of the right to safe drinking water and sanitation by all appropriate means, including in particular the adoption of legislative measures in the implementation of their human rights obligations; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2012, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling World Health Assembly resolution 64/24 of May 2011, in which the Assembly urged Member States to, inter alia, “ensure that national health strategies contribute to the realization of water- and sanitation-related Millennium Development Goals while coming in support to the progressive realization of the human right to water and sanitation that entitles everyone, without discrimination, to water and sanitation that is sufficient, safe, acceptable, physically accessible and affordable for personal and domestic uses”, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2012, para. 11a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Calls upon States:] To prioritize in an appropriate way funding for safe drinking water and sanitation, with a particular focus on extending access to the unserved or underserved, including measures to identify the most marginalized, excluded and disadvantaged persons in terms of access to safe drinking water and sanitation, to develop the capacity of decision makers and practitioners for implementing strategies and concepts specifically focusing on the sustainable provision of safe drinking water and sanitation to the unserved poor, and to develop specific initiatives that are more likely to reach the most marginalized and disadvantaged and improve their situation; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2012 | ||
The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2011, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 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; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2011 | ||
The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2011, para. 7h | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Calls upon States:] To ensure financing to the maximum of available resources in order to implement all the necessary measures to ensure that water and sanitation systems are sustainable and that services are affordable for everyone, while ensuring that allocated resources are not limited to infrastructure but also include resources for regulatory activities, operation and maintenance, the institutional and managerial structure and structural measures, including increasing capacity; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2011 | ||
The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2011, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling World Health Assembly resolution 64/24 of May 2011, in which the Assembly urged Member States to, inter alia, “ensure that national health strategies contribute to the realization of water- and sanitation-related Millennium Development Goals while coming in support to the progressive realization of the human right to water and sanitation that entitles everyone, without discrimination, to water and sanitation that is sufficient, safe, acceptable, physically accessible and affordable for personal and domestic uses”; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2010, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Bearing in mind the commitments made by the international community to achieve fully the Millennium Development Goals, and stressing, in that context, the resolve of Heads of State and Government, as expressed in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, to halve, by 2015, the proportion of people unable to reach or afford safe drinking water, and to halve the proportion of people without access to basic sanitation, as agreed in the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (“Johannesburg Plan of Implementation”), | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2010 | ||
The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2015, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizes 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; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2015, para. 5a | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Calls upon States:] To ensure the progressive realization of the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation for all in a non-discriminatory manner while eliminating inequalities in access, including for individuals belonging to groups at risk and to marginalized groups, on the grounds of race, gender, age, disability, ethnicity, culture, religion and national or social origin or on any other grounds, with a view to progressively eliminating inequalities based on factors such as rural-urban disparities, residence in a slum, income levels and other relevant considerations; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2015, para. 9 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | 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; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2015, para. 11 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcoming also the fact that, according to Joint Monitoring Programme reports of the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund, the target on safe drinking water of the Millennium Development Goals was formally met, while being deeply concerned, however, that, according to the 2015 Joint Monitoring Programme update, 663 million people still lack access to improved drinking water sources and that 8 out of 10 people still without improved drinking water sources live in rural areas, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2008, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Bearing in mind paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
Human rights and equitable access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2007, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recalling its decision 2/104 of 27 November 2006, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Human rights and equitable access to safe drinking water and sanitation 2007, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon all States to give due attention to the report of the High Commissioner; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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Sustainable Development Summit: Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2015, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | In these Goals and targets, we are setting out a supremely ambitious and transformational vision. We envisage a world free of poverty, hunger, disease and want, where all life can thrive. We envisage a world free of fear and violence. A world with universal literacy. A world with equitable and universal access to quality education at all levels, to health care and social protection, where physical, mental and social well-being are assured. A world where we reaffirm our commitments regarding the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation and where there is improved hygiene; and where food is sufficient, safe, affordable and nutritious. A world where human habitats are safe, resilient and sustainable and where there is universal access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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Sustainable Development Summit: Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2015, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | In these Goals and targets, we are setting out a supremely ambitious and transformational vision. We envisage a world free of poverty, hunger, disease and want, where all life can thrive. We envisage a world free of fear and violence. A world with universal literacy. A world with equitable and universal access to quality education at all levels, to health care and social protection, where physical, mental and social well-being are assured. A world where we reaffirm our commitments regarding the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation and where there is improved hygiene; and where food is sufficient, safe, affordable and nutritious. A world where human habitats are safe, resilient and sustainable and where there is universal access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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Third International Conference on Financing for Development: Addis Ababa Action Agenda 2015, para. 34 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | We further acknowledge that expenditures and investments in sustainable development are being devolved to the subnational level, which often lacks adequate technical and technological capacity, financing and support. We therefore commit to scaling up international cooperation to strengthen capacities of municipalities and other local authorities. We will support cities and local authorities of developing countries, particularly in least developed countries and small island developing States, in implementing resilient and environmentally sound infrastructure, including energy, transport, water and sanitation, and sustainable and resilient buildings using local materials. We will strive to support local governments in their efforts to mobilize revenues as appropriate. We will enhance inclusive and sustainable urbanization and strengthen economic, social and environmental links between urban, peri-urban and rural areas by strengthening national and regional development planning, within the context of national sustainable development strategies. We will work to strengthen debt management, and where appropriate to establish or strengthen municipal bond markets, to help subnational authorities to finance necessary investments. We will also promote lending from financial institutions and development banks, along with risk mitigation mechanisms, such as the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, while managing currency risk. In these efforts, we will encourage the participation of local communities in decisions affecting their communities, such as in improving drinking water and sanitation management. By 2020, we will increase the number of cities and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change and resilience to disasters. We will develop and implement holistic disaster risk management at all levels in line with the Sendai Framework. In this regard, we will support national and local capacity for prevention, adaptation and mitigation of external shocks and risk management. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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Third International Conference on Financing for Development: Addis Ababa Action Agenda 2015, para. 34 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | We further acknowledge that expenditures and investments in sustainable development are being devolved to the subnational level, which often lacks adequate technical and technological capacity, financing and support. We therefore commit to scaling up international cooperation to strengthen capacities of municipalities and other local authorities. We will support cities and local authorities of developing countries, particularly in least developed countries and small island developing States, in implementing resilient and environmentally sound infrastructure, including energy, transport, water and sanitation, and sustainable and resilient buildings using local materials. We will strive to support local governments in their efforts to mobilize revenues as appropriate. We will enhance inclusive and sustainable urbanization and strengthen economic, social and environmental links between urban, peri-urban and rural areas by strengthening national and regional development planning, within the context of national sustainable development strategies. We will work to strengthen debt management, and where appropriate to establish or strengthen municipal bond markets, to help subnational authorities to finance necessary investments. We will also promote lending from financial institutions and development banks, along with risk mitigation mechanisms, such as the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, while managing currency risk. In these efforts, we will encourage the participation of local communities in decisions affecting their communities, such as in improving drinking water and sanitation management. By 2020, we will increase the number of cities and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change and resilience to disasters. We will develop and implement holistic disaster risk management at all levels in line with the Sendai Framework. In this regard, we will support national and local capacity for prevention, adaptation and mitigation of external shocks and risk management. | United Nations General Assembly | Declaration / Confererence outcome document |
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2013, para. 6d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Calls upon States:] To ensure the progressive realization of the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation for all in a non-discriminatory manner while eliminating inequalities in access, including for individuals belonging to vulnerable and marginalized groups, on the grounds of race, gender, age, disability, ethnicity, culture, religion and national or social origin or on any other grounds and with a view to progressively eliminating inequalities based on factors such as rural-urban disparities, residence in a slum, income levels and other relevant considerations; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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