“It is possible,” UN expert Léo Heller says on the human right to water & sanitation

“Five years ago today, the United Nations Member States explicitly recognized the human right to water and sanitation at the General Assembly. And that means that as a human right, all people, without discrimination, must have access to safe drinking water and sanitation, which is affordable, acceptable, available and safe.”

There is still a long way to go to make this right a reality for all, to have a world where universal access to water, sanitation and hygiene is attained by everyone living in informal settlements, who today have no choice but to buy expensive water, all the old women who have to walk to the bush every day to defecate in the open, and all the girls who miss school days during their menstruation.

The proposed Sustainable Development Goals will provide an opportunity to reach this reality in the coming 15 years through the strong commitment of all countries.

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