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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
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
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- Feb 25, 2020
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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;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Improvement of the situation of women and girls in rural areas (2016), para. 18
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- (i) Investing in and strengthening efforts to meet the basic needs of rural women, including needs relating to their food security and nutrition and that of their families, and to promote adequate standards of living for them, as well as decent conditions for work and access to local, regional and global markets through improved availability, access to and use of critical rural infrastructure, such as energy and transport, science and technology, local services, capacity-building and human resources development measures and the provision of a safe and reliable water supply and sanitation, nutritional programmes, affordable housing programmes, education and literacy programmes, social support measures and health care, including HIV prevention, treatment, care, including psychosocial aspects, and support services;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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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
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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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
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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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;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (2018), para. 30
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- 2. Welcomes the work of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, and takes note with appreciation of his report on the theme of the human rights to water and sanitation of forcibly displaced persons; 1
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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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,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights (2012), para. 23
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- 10. Encourages the Government of the Federal Republic of Somalia to develop, with the assistance of the Independent Expert, a human rights post-transition road map with benchmarks and timelines to promote and protect all human rights, including, inter alia, the right to water and sanitation, the right to health care and the right to education and other basic needs of vulnerable people, such as internally displaced persons, women, returnees, children, minorities and journalists;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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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;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2013), para. 19
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- (n) Persistent failure to uphold due process of law, and violations of the rights of detainees, including the widespread and systematic use of arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance, the lack of access of detainees to legal representation of their choice, the refusal to consider granting bail to detainees, the poor conditions of prisons, including the serious overcrowding and poor level of sanitation, and the denial of access to medical treatment, as well as persistent reports of detainees dying in custody, being subjected to torture, rape and other forms of sexual violence, harsh interrogation techniques and the use of pressure exerted upon their relatives and dependants, including through arrest, to obtain false confessions that are then used at trials;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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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
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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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
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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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;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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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
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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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;
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (2018), para. 20
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- Deeply alarmed that water, sanitation and hygiene-related diseases hit children the hardest and that, in humanitarian crises, including in times of conflict or natural disaster, children suffer the most from interruptions in water and sanitation services, and underscoring that progress on reducing child mortality, morbidity and stunting is linked to children’s and women’s access to safe drinking water and sanitation,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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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
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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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
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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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
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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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
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Global health and foreign policy: an inclusive approach to strengthening health systems (2020), para. 64
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- 19. Further calls upon Member States to take steps to promote actions to raise international awareness on the issue of waterborne diseases, in particular cholera and child diarrhoea, which can be prevented through safe drinking water and adequate sanitation and hygiene, engaging in partnerships with relevant stakeholders to implement projects aimed at scaling up access to safe water and sanitation in developing countries;
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- Health
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Children
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- Feb 25, 2020
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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
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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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
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The girl child (2018), para. 30
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- 5. Also urges States to improve the situation of girl children living in poverty, including extreme poverty, deprived of adequate food and nutrition, water and sanitation facilities, with limited or no access to basic physical and mental health- care services, shelter, education, participation and protection;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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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
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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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
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula (2013), para. 13
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- Recognizing the Secretary-General’s Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health, undertaken by a broad coalition of partners, in support of national plans and strategies aimed at significantly reducing the number of maternal, newborn and under-five child deaths and disabilities as a matter of immediate concern by scaling up a priority package of high-impact interventions and integrating efforts in sectors such as health, education, gender equality, water and sanitation, poverty eradication and nutrition,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Poverty
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Progress at mid-decade on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 45/217 on the World Summit for Children (1997), para. 13
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- 8. Recognizes the need for more intensive efforts to reach the goals for child mortality, the education of children, in particular girl children, maternal mortality, child malnutrition and sanitation;
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- Education
- Health
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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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
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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