Congressional Digest

International Debates Archives January 2011 No. 1 Vol. 9
Republic of Hungary

Water and Sanitation

The UN General Assembly Votes on a New Human Right

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Republic of Hungary

Ambassador Martá Horváth Fekszi

Hungary has been a member of the UN since December 14, 1955. Martá Horváth Fekszi served as Hungary’s Permanent Representative to the UN from January to September 2010. The following is excerpted from Ambassador Fekszi’s statement during UN General Assembly debate on July 28, 2010. Hungary attaches great importance to access to safe drinking water and sanitation, which is closely connected to the realization of such fundamental rights as the right to life and human dignity. We consider access to safe drinking water and sanitation to be a component of the right to an adequate standard of living. Those are…

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