Why don’t Clegg & Cameron think clean water & sanitation are human rights?
05 August 2010
Last week, the UN General Assembly made history with its declaration that water and sanitation are human rights to which all people are entitled. The resolution was the fruit of many years' labour by campaigners from around the world, and was eventually passed by 122 votes in favour to none against, with 41 abstentions. So why did the UK's new Lib-Con government mount such a furious campaign against it?
The resolution itself was a simple one, with just three paragraphs of text after the preamble. The first paragraph contains the key statement that the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation is "a human right that is essential for the full enjoyment of life and all human rights".
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