Showing posts with label rivers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rivers. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

The Right to Water

This is a precedent to the right to food.
WHO (world health organization) states a position on 
This refers to 
the United Nations Committee on Economic, Cultural and Social Rights
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. 
This covenant was signed by 145 countries, 
included the obligation to provide its citizens water.

"In 2010, the UN General Assembly 
explicityly recognized the human right to water and sanitation.
Everyone has the right to sufficient, continuois, safe, acceptable, 
physically accessible, and affordable water for personal and domestic use."