Daniel Max New York, July 27, 2009 To the Editor: The race for universal, fair and affordable coverage must begin on the level playing field of viewing it as a constitutional right, essential to the nation's well-being.
Water, and the toilets and sanitation systems it helps maintain, are recognized by the international community as a human right essential for the full enjoyment of life.
Access to water and sanitation is an internationally recognized human right, essential for protecting and realizing other basic rights -- and yet, this issue still receives far too little attention on both national and global levels.
The conference culminated in the Finlandia Declaration on Access to Information and Fundamental Freedoms that called on UNESCO to promote awareness that the right to information was a human right, essential for transparent and accountable governance and sustainable development.
Positive mental health is seen as a resource, as a value on its own and as a basic human right essential to social and economic development.
Positive mental health is to be seen as a resource, as a value on its own and as a basic human right essential to social and economic development.
