In 1990, at the World Summit for
Children, the international community pledged itself to achieve a number of
targets for children, including dramatic reductions in early mortality and
malnutrition, and universal access to safe water and adequate sanitation by the year
2000. Similar commitments had been made 15 years earlier, which were meant to have
ensured universal access to safe water and adequate sanitation by 1990 - at the
first Conference on Human Settlements in 1976 and the Water Conference in 1977.
2.
and
Hardoy, J E
,
D Mitlin
,
D Satterthwaite
(2001), Environmental Problems in an Urbanizing World,
Earthscan, London
.
3.
Only Somalia and the USA have failed to ratify the Convention, making it the
most widely accepted international treaty in existence.
4.
Arts. 12, 13, 14, 15 and 31.
5.
also
Driskell, David
(in collaboration with
members of the Growing Up in Cities project
), (2002), Creating Better Cities with Children and Youth: A
Manual for Participation,
Earthscan (London) and UNESCO (Paris)
.
