Publication: UN Chronicle
Publication Date: 01-DEC-06
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Author: Singh, Anita Inder
Article Excerpt
WATER IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS. It is indispensable for human survival, agricultural and industrial progress, and freedom from lethal diseases. The United Nations has flagged 2005-2015 as the International Decade for Action: Water for Life, which aims to implement internationally agreed water-related goals set in the UN Millennium Declaration. Priority must be given to coping with water scarcity, facilitating access to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene, and reducing disaster risk.
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The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights defined access to water as a human right. Although there is enough water in the world for everyone, about 1 billion or one sixth of the world's people still lack access to...
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