Human Right to Water and Sanitation materials available from the UN
June 30th, 2011
Popular information materials on the human right to water and sanitation are now available from the UN Water Decade website.
The materials were developed on the occasion of activities jointly organized by the UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Communication (UNW-DPAC), UN-Habitat, the UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development (UNW-DPC) and the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) at Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum (20-22 June 2011). Click on the following links to access the documents:
- A Short Glossary on the human right to water and sanitation which defines frequently used terms.
- A Media Brief presenting the current situation and some examples illustrating how the human right to water and sanitation is being implemented in practice
- A Reader, which provides basic references for easy reading and some of the latest and most relevant United Nations publications on this issue
- Eight Short Facts on the human right to water and sanitation
- A UN Milestones document presenting the UN historical background and evolution of recognition of the human right to water and sanitation
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