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Peace, dignity and equality
on a healthy planet, Water - Coggle Diagram
Peace, dignity and equality
on a healthy planet
The right to water
One of the most important recent milestones has been the recognition in July 2010 by the United Nations General Assembly of the human right to water and sanitation. The Assembly recognized the right of every human being to have access to enough water for personal and domestic uses.
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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Contaminated water and a lack of basic sanitation are undermining efforts to end extreme poverty and disease in the world’s poorest countries.
The UN and Water
The United Nations has long been addressing the global crisis caused by insufficient water supply to satisfy basic human needs and growing demands on the world’s water resources to meet human, commercial and agricultural needs.
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Water
Water-related challenges
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297,000 children under five die every year from diarrhoeal diseases due to poor sanitation, poor hygiene, or unsafe drinking water
Water is critical for socio-economic development, energy and food production, healthy ecosystems and for human survival itself.
Water is also a matter of rights. For the entire world population, there is an increasing need for water resources so that communities have enough to meet their needs.
At the human level, water cannot be seen in isolation from sanitation. Together, they are vital for the entire population.
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