The human right to water and sanitation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Recognizes 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; calls upon States and international organizations to provide financial resources, capacity-building and technology transfer, through international assistance and cooperation, in particular to developing countries, in order to scale up efforts to provide safe, clean, accessible and affordable drinking water and sanitation for all.

Adopted 122-0-41, 108th plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 64th sess., Suppl. no. 49.