A/RES/76/153. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2021

• Resolution Number: A/RES/76/153
• Year: 2021
• Session: 76th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

A/RES/ 76/1 53

General Assembly

Distr.: General

7 Jan uary 2022

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Seven ty-sixth session

Agenda item 7 4

Promotio n and protectio n of human ri ghts

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 16 December 2021

[on th e report of t he Third Comm ittee (A/ 76/462, par a. 11)]

76/153. The human rights to safe dri nking water and san itati on

The Genera l Assembly ,

Guided by the purp oses and p rinciples of the C harter of the Unit ed Nations ,

Recalling its reso lutions 64/ 292 of 28 July 20 10, in which it recogniz ed the right

to s afe and clean d rinking water a nd sanit ation a s a hu man righ t that is essen tial for

the full enjoyme nt of life and all human rights, and 74/141 of 18 De cember 2019,

entit led “The human rig hts to sa fe drinkin g water a nd sanit ation”,

Reaffirming all pre vious resol utions of t he Human Ri ghts Counc il regardi ng the

human rights to s afe drinki ng water a nd sanitat ion, inter alia, Counc il resolut ion 45/ 8

of 6 October 2020,

1

Recalling the Un iversal De claration of Hu man R ight s,

2

the Inte rnational

Covena nt on Econo mic, Social and Cultural Rights,

3

the Intern ational Covenant on

Civil and Polit ical Rights,

4

the Inte rnational Conve ntion on the Eliminati on of All

Forms of Raci al Discri mination,

5

the Conventio n on the Elimina tion of All Forms o f

Discri mination against Women,

6

the Convent ion on the Ri ghts of the C hild

7

and the

Conven tion on the Right s of Pers ons with Disabilit ies,

8

Recal ling a lso th at the human rights to safe dr inking water and s anitation are

deriv ed from the r ight to an ade quate s tandard of livin g and are ine xtricably related

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1

See Of ficial Reco rds of the Ge neral Asse mbly, S eventy -fif th Ses sion, Suppl ement No. 53A

(A/7 5/53/ Add.1 ), cha p. III .

2

Resolu tion 2 17 A (I II).

3

See re soluti on 22 00 A (XX I), a nnex.

4

Ibid.

5

United Natio ns, Tre aty Se ries, vol. 660, No. 94 64.

6

Ibid., vol. 1249, No. 20 378.

7

Ibid., vol. 1577, No. 27 531.

8

Ibid., vol. 2515, No. 44 910.