World Toilet Day 2023; November 19th.

FORUM: “Accelerating Change.” World Toilet Day 2023. There is a global sanitation crisis and the world is working too slowly to solve it. Right now, we are seriously off track to meet SDG 6: safe toilets and water for all by 2030. This year celebration is about getting the world on track by taking much faster action. Governments and big institutions must be accountable for delivering on their promises. And every one of us must do what we can – however small – to help speed up progress. Follow the conversations with the hashtags #19November, #WorldToiletDay, #sanitation. #Opendefecation.

EVENTS: On November 19th; The UN-Water, the World Toilet Organization and the World Toilet Association will held a webinar to mark the World Toilet Day 2023.

STATEMENTS: Statement from the United Nations Secretary-General on World Toilet Day 2023; November 19th.

Toilets transform lives.

They deliver dignity, boost school attendance – particularly for girls, and enhance health and nutrition by preventing the spread of disease.

Gradually, the world is making progress towards bringing sanitation to all – and fulfilling one of the ambitions of the Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs. Over nine hundred million more people have access to safely managed sanitation services than in 2015. And almost three hundred million more people have been spared the indignity of open defecation over the same period.

But a massive sanitation shortfall still exists, with billions of people cut off from safe services. We’re racing the clock. To meet the 2030 deadline for the SDGs, we need to move five times faster.

This World Toilet Day focuses on accelerating action on sanitation to drive progress across the SDGs. The world must respond urgently to this call. We need a massive cash injection across the board to get the SDGs on track. My proposal for an SDG Stimulus of $500 billion a year is gaining traction, and I urge leaders to act now to make it a reality.

On this World Toilet Day, let’s recommit to realising every person’s human right to safe sanitation, to help to flush away poverty and indignity for good.

United Nations Secretary-General.

 

 Read the joint message by the head of UN-Water during UN 2023 Water Conference.

CAMPAIGN MATERIALS: “Accelerating Change” - We are seriously off track to ensure safe toilets for all by 2030. Download and add the ‘Countdown to 2030: Sanitation for all’ stamp to your content. Participate to the WTD2023 Campaign and Help remind the world that it’s Time to acceletate change. Get the communication materials!

• FACTSHEET & POSTER in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
• CAMPAIGN ANIMATION staring the hummingbird.
• ANIMATIONS toilet equity.