122 countries supported the resolution proposed by Bolivia historical
The General Assembly of the United Nations (UN ) held on July 28 adopted resolution 64/292 "Human Right to Water and Sanitation "by Bolivia with the overwhelming support of 122 countries. No nation voted against the resolution, but 41 abstentions.
"Human beings are essentially water. About two thirds of our bodies are composed of water. 75% of our brain is water, and water is the main vehicle for the transmission of electrochemical our bodies, "said Bolivia's ambassador to the UN Pablo Solon, in presenting the resolution to the General Assembly.
Solon said that the blood flows like a river swarming in the human body, helps transport nutrients and energy and also keeps the cells waste products for excretion. "The loss of 20% of body water can cause death. You can survive weeks without food but can not survive more than a few days without water. Water certainly is life, "he argued.
Bolivian ambassador recalled that the right to health was first recognized in 1946 by the World Health Organization. In 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights stated, among others the "right to life", the "right to education" and the "right to work." In 1966 he moved to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to the recognition of several other "right to social security" and "the right to a standard of living "including adequate food, clothing and housing.
However, Solon said, the "human right to water" has not been fully recognized even though several international instruments refer to, such as the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Thereupon, the representative of Bolivia and its cosponsors proposed a resolution that recognizes the human right water and sanitation, in moments in which the diseases caused by unsafe drinking water and sanitation cause more deaths than wars.
The Permanent Representative of Bolivia State noted that worldwide, approximately one in eight people have no potable water. The situation of lack of sanitation is even worse because it affects 2600 million people, equivalent to 40% of the population. Citing research
UN officials, Solon said that each year more than three and a half million people from diseases spread by contaminated water. The vast majority of global disease is caused by fecal matter. Diarrhea is the second leading cause of deaths of children under five years. Moreover, lack of access to drinking water kills more children than AIDS, malaria and measles combined.
According to the report 2009 of the World Health Organization and UNICEF entitled "Diarrhea: Why children continue to die and you can do, every day, 24 000 children die in developing countries for reasons preventable as diarrhea product contaminated water. This means that a child dies every three seconds.
According to the Report of Independent on sanitation expert hired by the UN, "sanitation, more many other human rights issues, evokes the concept of human dignity must consider the vulnerability and shame that many people experience every day when, once again, are forced to defecate in the open, in a bucket or plastic bag. It is the indignity of this situation that causes shame. "
For all that, Solon put to the plenary of the General Assembly's historic resolution sponsored by the representatives of Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain , Bangladesh, Benin, Eritrea, the State Plurinational Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Congo, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Georgia, Guinea, Haiti, Solomon Islands, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Paraguay, Philippines, Dominican Republic, Samoa, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Serbia, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu , Uruguay, Vanuatu, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and Yemen.
Bolivia The proposed resolution reaffirms the right to drinking water and sanitation are basic human rights for the full enjoyment of life, and are elements or major components of other rights as the right to an adequate standard of living. " In that sense, the rights to clean water and sanitation should be recognized as rights independent. Solon
thought that human rights were not born as fully developed concepts but were the result of a construction given by reality and experience. For example, the human right to education and work recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and detailing were built in time with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and other international instruments such as the Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The same applies to the human right to water and sanitation.
After the presentation of arguments of Solon, the General Assembly adopted resolution that he reconoces Derecho al agua potable and sanitation as essential derechos humanos, with him apoyo of 122 countries, without any dissenting vote. If
abstuvieron de Apoyo resolution representatives from Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bosnia, Botswana, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Ethiopia, Greece, Guyana, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Nederlands Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Tanzania, United States , Zambia.
SOURCE: Bolpress, Tuesday, July 28, 2010.
The General Assembly of the United Nations (UN ) held on July 28 adopted resolution 64/292 "Human Right to Water and Sanitation "by Bolivia with the overwhelming support of 122 countries. No nation voted against the resolution, but 41 abstentions.
"Human beings are essentially water. About two thirds of our bodies are composed of water. 75% of our brain is water, and water is the main vehicle for the transmission of electrochemical our bodies, "said Bolivia's ambassador to the UN Pablo Solon, in presenting the resolution to the General Assembly.
Solon said that the blood flows like a river swarming in the human body, helps transport nutrients and energy and also keeps the cells waste products for excretion. "The loss of 20% of body water can cause death. You can survive weeks without food but can not survive more than a few days without water. Water certainly is life, "he argued.
Bolivian ambassador recalled that the right to health was first recognized in 1946 by the World Health Organization. In 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights stated, among others the "right to life", the "right to education" and the "right to work." In 1966 he moved to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to the recognition of several other "right to social security" and "the right to a standard of living "including adequate food, clothing and housing.
However, Solon said, the "human right to water" has not been fully recognized even though several international instruments refer to, such as the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Thereupon, the representative of Bolivia and its cosponsors proposed a resolution that recognizes the human right water and sanitation, in moments in which the diseases caused by unsafe drinking water and sanitation cause more deaths than wars.
The Permanent Representative of Bolivia State noted that worldwide, approximately one in eight people have no potable water. The situation of lack of sanitation is even worse because it affects 2600 million people, equivalent to 40% of the population. Citing research
UN officials, Solon said that each year more than three and a half million people from diseases spread by contaminated water. The vast majority of global disease is caused by fecal matter. Diarrhea is the second leading cause of deaths of children under five years. Moreover, lack of access to drinking water kills more children than AIDS, malaria and measles combined.
According to the report 2009 of the World Health Organization and UNICEF entitled "Diarrhea: Why children continue to die and you can do, every day, 24 000 children die in developing countries for reasons preventable as diarrhea product contaminated water. This means that a child dies every three seconds.
According to the Report of Independent on sanitation expert hired by the UN, "sanitation, more many other human rights issues, evokes the concept of human dignity must consider the vulnerability and shame that many people experience every day when, once again, are forced to defecate in the open, in a bucket or plastic bag. It is the indignity of this situation that causes shame. "
For all that, Solon put to the plenary of the General Assembly's historic resolution sponsored by the representatives of Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain , Bangladesh, Benin, Eritrea, the State Plurinational Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Congo, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Georgia, Guinea, Haiti, Solomon Islands, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Paraguay, Philippines, Dominican Republic, Samoa, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Serbia, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu , Uruguay, Vanuatu, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and Yemen.
Bolivia The proposed resolution reaffirms the right to drinking water and sanitation are basic human rights for the full enjoyment of life, and are elements or major components of other rights as the right to an adequate standard of living. " In that sense, the rights to clean water and sanitation should be recognized as rights independent. Solon
thought that human rights were not born as fully developed concepts but were the result of a construction given by reality and experience. For example, the human right to education and work recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and detailing were built in time with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and other international instruments such as the Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The same applies to the human right to water and sanitation.
After the presentation of arguments of Solon, the General Assembly adopted resolution that he reconoces Derecho al agua potable and sanitation as essential derechos humanos, with him apoyo of 122 countries, without any dissenting vote. If
abstuvieron de Apoyo resolution representatives from Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bosnia, Botswana, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Ethiopia, Greece, Guyana, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Nederlands Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Tanzania, United States , Zambia.
SOURCE: Bolpress, Tuesday, July 28, 2010.
