Federative Republic of Brazil
Ambassador Regina Cordeiro Dunlop
Brazil has been a member of the UN since October 24, 1945. Regina Cordeiro Dunlop is Brazil’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN. The following is excerpted from Ambassador Dunlop’s statement during UN General Assembly debate on July 28, 2010. Brazil recognizes the human right to water and sanitation as a right that is intrinsically connected to the realization of the rights to life, to physical integrity, to health, to food, and to adequate housing. It is the responsibility of states to guarantee those rights to their citizens. We consider that the human right to water and sanitation is compatible…
