Monday August 09, 2010
UN Declares Water a Fundamental Human Right -- U.S. Abstains from Voting on Resolution
Amy Goodman
Democracy Now
The planet is running out of water. It was about time for the UN to recognize the right of every human being on earth to water and sanitation.
The United Nations General Assembly has declared for the first time that access to clean water and sanitation is a fundamental human right. In a historic vote Wednesday, 122 countries supported the resolution, and over forty countries abstained from voting, including the United States, Canada and several European and other industrialized countries.
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