Bolivia UN 2010. Resolution on the human right to water and sanitation
A/64/L.63/Rev. 1
July 26, 2010
A/64/L.63/Rev.1Sexagésimo
fourth session Agenda item 48 Implementation
Integrated and coordinated the results of major conferences and United Nations summits in the economic, social and related fields
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Grannies Who Suck Black Cock
The human right to water and sanitation
General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 54/175 of 17 December 1999 on the Right to Development, 55/196 of 20 December 2000, which proclaimed 2003 the International Year of Freshwater, 58/217 of 23 December 2003, which proclaimed the International Decade for Action "Water for Life" (2005-2015), 59/228 of 22 December 2004, 61/192, of December 20, 2006, by which it proclaimed 2008 the International Year of Sanitation, and 64/198 of 21 December 2009 on the comprehensive mid-term review of the International Decade for Action, "Water Source of Life "Program June 21, 1992 (1), the Habitat Agenda 1996 (2), the Plan of Action of Mar del Plata 1977 (3) approved by the United Nations Conference on water, and the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development June 1992 (4),
Recalling also the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (5), the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural (6), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (6), the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (7), the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (8 ), the Convention on the Rights of the Child (9), the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (10) and the Geneva Convention on the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949 (11),
Recalling all previous resolutions of the Council of Human Rights on human rights and access to safe water and sanitation " including Council resolutions 7 / 22 of March 28, 2008, and 12 / 8, 1 October 2009, concerning the human right to water and sanitation, General Comment no. 15 (2002) the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on the right to water (articles 11 and 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) (12) and the report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Human on the scope and content of the relevant obligations in human rights related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation under international human rights instruments (13), and the report of the independent expert on the issue of human rights obligations related to access to safe water and sanitation (14),
Deeply concerned that some 884 million people lack access to safe drinking water and more than 2,600 million people lack access basic sanitation, and alarmed that die each year about 1.5 million children under 5 years and 443 million lost school days due to diseases related to water and sanitation,
Recognizing the importance of water and sanitation as playing an integral component of the realization of all human rights,
Reaffirming the responsibility of States to promote and protect all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated, and must be treated globally in a fair and equitable and equal basis and receive the same attention
Mindful of the commitment by the international community to fully implement the Millennium Development Goals, and stressing in this regard the determination of the Heads of State and Government expressed in the Declaration of Milenio15, to reduce half by 2015 the proportion of people without access to drinking water or can not afford and do not have access to services basic sanitation, as agreed in the Plan of Implementation adopted at the World Summit for Social Development ("Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, Johannesburg") (16),
1. Declares the right to drinking water and sanitation as a human right essential for the full enjoyment of life and all human rights;
2. Calls upon States and international organizations to provide financial resources and foster the capacity building and technology transfer through international assistance and cooperation, in particular developing countries, to intensify efforts provide the entire population with affordable access to safe water and sanitation;
3. Welcomes the decision of the Human Rights Council to request the Independent Expert on the Question of Human Rights Obligations Related to Access to Water Supply and Sanitation to submit an annual report to the General Assembly (17), and encourages The independent expert to continue working on all aspects of its mandate and in consultation with all agencies, funds and programs of the United Nations, to include in its report to the Assembly at its sixty-sixth session the leading to difficulties in realizing the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, and the effect of these on the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
NOTES (1) Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3 to June 14, 1992, vol. I, Resolutions Adopted by the Conference (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.93.I.8 and corrigendum), resolution 1, annex II.
(2) Report of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), Istanbul, 3 to June 14, 1996 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.97.IV.6) chap. I, resolution 1, annex II.
(3) Report of the United Nations Conference on Water, Mar del Plata, 14 to March 25, 1977 (United Nations publication, Sales No. S.77.II.A.12), chap . I.
(4) Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3 to June 14, 1992, vol. I, Resolutions Adopted by the Conference (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.93.I.8 and corrigendum), resolution 1, annex I.
(5) Resolution 217 A (III).
(6) See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
(7) United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 660, no. 9464.
(8) Ibid., vol. 1249, no. 20378.
(9) Ibid., Vol. 1577, no. 27531.
(10) Resolution 61/106, annex I.
(11) United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, no. 973.
(12) See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2003, Supplement No.. 2 (E/2003/22), annex IV.
(13) A/HRC/6/3.
(14) A/HRC/12/24 and Corr.1.
(15) See resolution 55 / 2.
(16) Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg (South Africa) August 26 to September 4, 2002, (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and correction ), chap. 1, resolution 2, anexo.
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