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National High School Model United Nations 2015<br />
HLPF<br />
Glossary on the Human Right to Water and Sanitation. Zaragoza: UNW-DPAC, 2012. Accessed 23 June<br />
2014. http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/hrw_glossary_eng.pdf.<br />
This brief glossary is very useful to understand the basic terms of the right to water and sanitation.<br />
“Goal 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability.” Progress on Sanitation and Drinking-Water – 2013<br />
Update. Geneva: World Health Organization and UNICEF, 2013. Accessed 22 June 2014.<br />
This website breaks down the seventh MDGs into its three sub-goals. The second one focuses specifically on water and<br />
sanitation and shows the main achievements that have been made thus far.<br />
“High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.” UN Sustainable Development Platform. Last<br />
modified May 2014. http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/index.php?menu=1556.<br />
This website explains HLPF’s mandate, its mission, and further information on its creation and first meetings.<br />
Institute of Medicine (US) Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research and Medicine.<br />
Achieving Water and Sanitation Services for Health in Developing Countries. Washington D.C.:<br />
National Academies Press, 2009. Accessed 21 July 2014.<br />
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK50770/.<br />
This document presents the different challenges that developing states face regarding water and sanitation in health<br />
services.<br />
“KENYA: Poor Sanitation Brings Misery to Slums.” IRINnews. 7 September 2010. Accessed 8<br />
August 2014. http://www.irinnews.org/Report/90593/KENYA-Poor-sanitation-bringsmisery-to-slums.<br />
This article analyzes the problematic situation in Kenya regarding poor sanitation. It gathers real stories and scientific<br />
data that prove the great negative effects that poor sanitation causes on people, health, environment, economy, and the<br />
community.<br />
McIntyre, Beverly, Hans R. Herren, Judi Wakhungu, Robert T. Watson. Sub-Saharan Africa Report.<br />
Washington: International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology<br />
for Development, 2009. Accessed 29 June 2014.<br />
http://www.unep.org/dewa/agassessment/reports/subglobal/Agriculture_at_a_Crossroads<br />
_Volume%20V_Sub-Saharan%20Africa_Subglobal_Report.pdf.<br />
This report analyses the main agricultural stress that SSA faces and the production, distribution and consumption<br />
systems and patterns.<br />
Okun, D.A. “The Value of Water Supply and Sanitation in Development: An Assessment.” American<br />
Journal of Public Health 78, no. 11 (1988): 1463–67. Accessed 30 June 2014.<br />
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1350240/pdf/amjph00250-0077.pdf.<br />
This article analyzes the main effects of water and sanitation in development. It regards its consequences on health,<br />
environment, economy, and community live.<br />
On the right track. Good Practices In Realising The Rights To Water And Sanitation. New York: Human<br />
Rights Council, 2012. Accessed 23 June 2014. http://bit.ly/OyvUhT.<br />
This special report gathers a considerable number of case studies and guidelines in order to stimulate good practices and<br />
methods regarding sanitation and safe-drinking water.<br />
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