Stockholm International Water Institute » Jan Eliasson http://www.siwi.org Water Wise World Wed, 18 Sep 2013 08:20:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Jan Eliasson in Stockholm to talk about toilets http://www.siwi.org/news/jan-eliasson-in-stockholm-to-talk-about-toilets/ http://www.siwi.org/news/jan-eliasson-in-stockholm-to-talk-about-toilets/#comments Mon, 02 Sep 2013 13:28:01 +0000 Sanna http://www.siwi.org/?post_type=news&p=7025 The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Jan Eliasson was the keynote speaker at the official opening of the 2013 World Water Week in Stockholm.

He spoke about the urgency in addressing the sanitation needs of billions of people around the world: “More than 2.5 billion people do not have adequate sanitation – more than one third of humanity. Of these one billion people practice open defecation. This is largely a function of poverty, with serious human consequences.”

Mr. Eliasson said that “we must continue to break taboos. As was the case for the word “toilets” a few years ago. It is time to incorporate “open defecation” in the political language and in the diplomatic discourse today.”

]]> http://www.siwi.org/news/jan-eliasson-in-stockholm-to-talk-about-toilets/feed/ 0 The Stockholm Statement and Reflections on the MDG Summit http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-stockholm-statement-and-reflections-on-the-mdg-summit/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-stockholm-statement-and-reflections-on-the-mdg-summit/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:48:45 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-stockholm-statement-and-reflections-on-the-mdg-summit/ The Stockholm Statement – Our Goals Need Water
At the closing session of this year’s World Water Week, participants voted unanimously on a statement to the MDG Review Summit. The Stockholm Statement stipulates that MDGs cannot be achieved without giving more attention to water and sanitation as cross-cutting solutions for achieving the other goals in addition to their status as MDG targets.

Reflections on the MDG Summit
The timing could have been pure coincidence. But just one week after the UN Millennium Development Goal Summit in New York, the UN Human Rights Council recognised the right to water and sanitation as a human right.

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