{"id":12468,"date":"2011-07-28T18:23:31","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T12:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=12468"},"modified":"2011-07-28T18:23:31","modified_gmt":"2011-07-28T12:53:31","slug":"make-right-to-water-sanitation-a-law-un-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/make-right-to-water-sanitation-a-law-un-chief","title":{"rendered":"Make Right to water, sanitation a law: UN chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UN-Secretary-General-Ban-Ki-moon.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12469\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/make-right-to-water-sanitation-a-law-un-chief\/un-secretary-general-ban-ki-moon\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/UN-Secretary-General-Ban-Ki-moon.png?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"275,183\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/UN-Secretary-General-Ban-Ki-moon.png?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12469\" title=\"UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UN-Secretary-General-Ban-Ki-moon.png?resize=275%2C183&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/UN-Secretary-General-Ban-Ki-moon.png?w=275&amp;ssl=1 275w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/UN-Secretary-General-Ban-Ki-moon.png?resize=150%2C99&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a>UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on all member states to integrate the right to water and sanitation into their body of laws, on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Ban&#8217;s statement came as he addressed the UN General Assembly during a plenary meeting on the Human Right to Water and Sanitation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Many of your governments have already included the rights to water and sanitation in your constitutions and your domestic legislation,&#8217; Ban said. &#8216;Those governments that have yet to do so should follow suit without delay.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He said that a lack of water and sanitation is widespread and often devastating around the globe.&#8217;At any one time, close to half of all people in developing countries are suffering from health problems caused by poor water and sanitation,&#8217; he said. &#8216;Together unclean water and poor sanitation are the world&#8217;s second biggest killers of children.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Ban said that it is important to remember that although water has been established in some settings as a &#8216;right,&#8217; this does not mean that it is supposed to be free.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Rather, it means that water and sanitation services should be affordable and available for all, and that states must do everything in their power to make this happen,&#8217; he explained.<\/p>\n<p>The current drought and resulting humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa, Ban noted, serves as a reminder of the importance of water to the very survival of human beings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on all member states to integrate the right to water and sanitation into their body of laws, on Thursday. 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