Sanitation for All

A/RES/67/291View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 14 Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields, published in 2012.

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1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 1	Environment	27

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Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 1	Environment	27	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Health Education International Days Sanitation Sanitation Services

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8 operative paragraphs

Decides to designate 19 November as World Toilet Day in the context of Sanitation for All;

Urges all Member States, the organizations of the United Nations system and all other relevant stakeholders to encourage behavioural change, together with policies for increasing access to sanitation among the poor, complemented by a call to end open defecation as a practice that is extremely harmful to public health;

Encourages all Member States, as well as the organizations of the United Nations system and international organizations and other stakeholders, to approach the sanitation issue in a much broader context and to encompass all its aspects, including hygiene promotion, the provision of basic sanitation services, sewerage and wastewater treatment and reuse in the context of integrated water management;

Invites all Member States, organizations of the United Nations system and other international and regional organizations, as well as civil society, including non-governmental organizations and individuals, to observe World Toilet Day in the context of Sanitation for All in an appropriate manner, including through education and activities to raise public awareness on the importance of access to sanitation for all;

Urges all Member States, as well as the organizations of the United Nations system, international organizations and other relevant stakeholders, to accelerate progress in order to achieve Millennium Development Goal 7 and other Millennium Development Goals related to sanitation, including by redoubling efforts to close the sanitation gap through scaled-up ground-level action, noting in this regard the global effort to realize “Sustainable sanitation: the five-year drive to 2015”;

Stresses that the costs of all activities that may arise from the implementation of the present resolution should be met from voluntary contributions, subject to the availability and provision of voluntary contributions for this specific purpose;

Requests UN-Water, in consultation with relevant entities of the United Nations system, mindful of the provisions of the annex to Economic and Social Council resolution 1980/67, to facilitate the implementation of World Toilet Day in the context of Sanitation for All, in collaboration with Governments and relevant stakeholders;

Requests the Secretary-General to bring the present resolution to the attention of all Member States and organizations of the United Nations system.

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