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Media and Publications

Videos

Interview with

Interview with

Catarina Albuquerque about "Stigmatization due to lack of water and sanitation"

Interview with

Water and sanitation in the USA

UN independent expert on water and sanitation Catarina de Albuquerque statement.

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Water and sanitation in the Japan

UN independent expert on water and sanitation Catarina de Albuquerque statement.

Interview with

Water and sanitation in the Slovenia

UN independent expert on water and sanitation Catarina de Albuquerque statement.

Interview with

Interview with

Rádio ONU entrevista a relatora especial da ONU para o direito à água e ao saneamento - Parte 1

Interview with

Interview with

Rádio ONU entrevista a relatora especial da ONU para o direito à água e ao saneamento - Parte 2




SR's Publications

Frequently Asked Questions

Leaflet - "Frequently asked Questions"

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Water Tangible Benefits

Leaflet - "Legal Obligation with Tangible Benefits"

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On the Right Track

Book - "On the Right Track"

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Water & Sanitation - Press releases / Messages / Statements

GENEVA (24 May 2013)

Continued plight of the ‘untouchables’: UN experts call for strengthened protection of more than 260 million victims of caste-based discrimination

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GENEVA (21 May 2013)

Equality or bust for post-2015 global development goals – UN rights experts

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GENEVA (8 May 2013)

A call on States to ratify new instrument to enhance protection of economic, social and cultural rights

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GENEVA (22 March 2013)

World Water Day - Eight UN experts, one message: “Progress and equality must go hand-in-hand with cooperation for water”

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NEW YORK (21 February 2013)

"End water and sanitation inequalities in the future development agenda" - Joint statement by the Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, the Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations, UNICEF, UN Women and WaterAid

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BANGKOK (8 February 2013)

Thailand: Striking contrasts in access to safe drinking water and sanitation - UN expert urges establishment of independent water and sanitation regulator

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