A/RES/72/178. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2017

• Resolution Number: A/RES/72/178
• Year: 2017
• Session: 72nd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES /72/ 178

General Assembly

Distr. : Genera l

29 Janu ary 201 8

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Seventy -second ses sion

Agen da item 72 (b)

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 19 December 2017

[on th e report of the Third Committe e (A/72/ 439/ Add.2 )]

72/178. The human r ights to safe drin king water a nd sanitatio n

The General Assembly ,

Reca llin g its re solutio ns 64/292 of 28 J uly 2010, i n which it re cognize d the right

to s afe an d clean drinki ng wat er and sanita tion as a hu man rig ht tha t is e ssential for

the full enjoy ment of life and all h uman rights, and 70 /169 of 1 7 Decemb er 2 015,

entit led “Th e human rights to safe drinking water a nd sani tation ”,

Reaffirm ing all previ ous resol utions of the Huma n Rights Council r egardin g the

huma n rights to saf e d rinking w ater and sani tation, in ter alia, Cou ncil resol ution

33/1 0 of 29 Septe mber 201 6,

1

Reca llin g the Uni versal Dec laration of Hu man Rights ,

2

the Inter national

Covena nt on Econ omic, Social and Cultura l Rig hts,

3

t he Int ernation al Co venant on

Civi l and Pol itical Rights ,3 t he I nternati onal Convent ion on t he E liminati on o f All

Form s of Ra cial Dis crimina tion,

4

the Conven tion on the Eli minatio n of All Forms o f

Disc riminati on aga inst Wome n,

5

th e Conve ntion on the Rights of t he Chi ld

6

an d the

Conv ention o n the Ri ghts of Persons with D isabiliti es,

7

Reca lling als o its reso lution 70 /1 o f 25 Septe mber 2015 , entitle d “Transf orming

our worl d: t he 2 030 A genda for Susta inable Deve lopment ”, in which it adopte d a

comp rehensiv e, fa r-reachi ng and peopl e-centr ed set of universa l and transf ormativ e

Sust ainable Develop ment Go als and targets,

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1

See Off icial Records of the Gener al Asse mbly, Se venty -first Sessio n, Sup plemen t No. 53A and

corri gendu m (A/7 1/53 /Add .1 and A/7 1/53 /Add .1/ Corr.1 ), chap. I I.

2

Resolut ion 21 7 A (III).

3

See res olution 2200 A (XXI), annex.

4

United Nations , Treaty Serie s, vol . 660, No. 946 4.

5

Ibid., vol. 124 9, No. 20378.

6

Ibid., vol. 157 7, No. 27531.

7

Ibid., vol. 251 5, No. 44910.