UNICEF: International Year of Sanitation 2008 launch

NEW YORK, USA, 21 November 2007 -- Almost 2.6 billion people worldwide, 980 million of them children, lack access to even the most basic water and sanitation facilities -- a situation that affects all aspects of their lives, from education to national development.

In a push to make adequate water and sanitation available to everyone, everywhere, His Royal Highness Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange; UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman; Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo; and representatives of other UN agencies and partners came together today at United Nations headquarters in New York to launch the International Year of Sanitation 2008.

To read the full story, visit: http://www.unicef.org/wes/index_41911.html

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