United Nations: 2008 declared International Year of Sanitation

The U.N. General Assembly has declared 2008 as the International Year of Sanitation. It requested the U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs [2] to serve as the focal point for the Year and to develop proposals on possible activities, including possible sources of funding. The Year was one of the recommendations of the Hashimoto Action Plan [3] launched by the U.N. Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation in March 2006 at the 4th World Water Forum.

[1] International Year of Sanitation 2008 : revised draft resolution, U.N. General Assembly Document, A/C.2/61/L.16/Rev.1. Available through http://documents.un.org/ or http://www.un.org/ga/61/second/proposalslist.html

[2] U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Sustainable Development Topics - Sanitation

[3] Hashimoto Action Plan

Source: U.N., 1 Dec 2006

Keywords

• Sanitation - On-site sanitation
• Information and communication
• Sanitation