Da ieri, 28 luglio 2010, anche l'accesso all'acqua e` finalmente un diritto umano sancito dall'ONU...

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1. Declares 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;

2. 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;

3. Welcomes the decision by the Human Rights Council to request that the independent expert on the issue of human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation present an annual report to the General Assembly, and encourages her to continue working on all aspects of her mandate and, in consultation with all relevant United Nations agencies, funds, and programmes, to include in her report to the Assembly, at its sixty-sixth session, the principal challenges related to the realization of the human right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation and their impact on the achievement of Millennium Development Goals.

E` quanto si afferma nel documento A/64/L.63/Rev.1 approvato dall'Assemblea Generale.

Tutti i ragguagli sulla storica seduta nella pagina al seguente indirizzo... http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2010/ga10967.doc.htm