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Expert recommends recognition of right to sanitation at UN Human Rights Council session
The UN Human Rights Council took place from 14 September to 2 October 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland. Catarina de Albuquerque, Independent Expert on human rights obligations and water and sanitation, presented the findings of her report on sanitation and her recent country visits to Egypt and Costa Rica. Read her prepared remarks. Posted 22 September 2009
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