Singapore's first UN resolution adopted; now, every Nov 19 is World Toilet Day
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.
get lee hsien loong to clean public toilets. No need get him do it everyday, let him do it once ot twice a month.