UN：清潔飲水和衛生設施是人權之一

nick19

聯合國大會今天通過決議，承認享有清潔飲水和衛生設施是一項人權，但超過40個國家棄權，指稱在國際法上尚不存在這類權利。
, c- ~6 W$ f& c( x- Z7 X# Ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvb倡議這項決議的國家表示，全世界約有8億8400萬人無法享用安全飲水，以及超過26億人不能享受基本衛生設施，且每年約有150萬5歲以下幼童，因飲水和衛生相關疾病喪命。
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: x( X$ z1 }2 o5 x9 _" B% Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvb玻利維亞（Bolivia）向聯合國大會提出的不具拘束力決議案，共有122個國家投下贊成票，無反對票，另有41個國家棄權。棄權的主要是已開發國家，但歐洲聯盟成員德國和西班牙投贊成票。, h! k7 o8 u$ ?6 @6 _6 \

5 Q" _  K* w& R6 y( ?5.39.217.76決議宣布，享有安全和清潔飲水以及衛生設施，是充分享受生命權不可或缺的一項人權。公仔箱論壇  L/ q0 K5 R1 a
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決議呼籲各國和國際組織「擴大努力」，提供所有人安全、清潔、容易取得及負擔得起的飲水和衛生設施。

felicity2010

Clean water increasingly becomes a precious resource and this UN bill, I believe, targets at the privatization of water which is a multibillion dollars industry. The bill stressing on the 'right to' instead of 'the access to' practically affirms the right to clean water even if people cannot pay for the fees required of the service. Bolivia, which has moved this bill, had a bad experience with water privatization, culminating in Cochabamba protest in 2000 and expelling the Bechtel Corporation(company running the privatization). This issue is complicated and each case is different. There are pros and cons in privatization and yet the basic human necessities must have the top priority.