International Year of Sanitation 2008

IYS Interim Website: The official IYS website, featuring the resources and issues listed below, is currently under construction and will be available in the near future.

INTRODUCTION

The international community agreed to take action to improve access to Sanitation, along with water and human settlements, at the 13th session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) in May 2005. The following year, the UN General Assembly decided to assign 2008 as the International Year of Sanitation (IYS), with the overall objective of accelerating progress on sanitation to help save lives and foster economic and social development. The IYS is expected to build on decisions taken by the CSD and help to keep the issue of sanitation at the forefront of the global agenda. It will raise the issue prominently to politicians, civil society, and the public in general focusing on the need to take effective action.

The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) will work as mandated by the General Assembly, as coordinator of the International Year of Sanitation, in broad partnership with stakeholders including UN agencies, NGOs, the private sector and academic in raising awareness and accelerating progress on sanitation.
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