The United Nations (UN) has agreed to mark World Toilet Day on Nov
19, thanks to a Singapore initiative.
Singapore had tabled the resolution, Sanitation for All, to raise
awareness of the global challenge of sanitation and toilets.
It is the first time Singapore, since it became a UN member 48
years ago, had put a resolution before the UN's General Assembly of
193 members. The resolution was supported by more than 100
countries, said the the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of
the Environment and Water Resources in a joint statement on
Wednesday.
The UN estimates that 2.5 billion people worldwide lack access to
improved sanitation. This causes poor health and gender inequality
as well as slows economic growth and erode the personal dignity of
the poorest people in the world, the statement said.
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