2 years since adoption of the human right to water – Implement it

(6 August 2012) Against the opposition of several European governments and the European Commission the UN General Assembly declared water and sanitation a basic human right in July 2010. It was an important achievement for several governments and a broad coalition of organisations including EPSU and PSI. The human right to water was confirmed in Rio+20 but two years have passed and too little is happening. A group of international water activists has now called on the UN governments to speed up the implementation and take concrete steps.

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