Global: Access to water and sanitation a human right - UN

The U.N. General Assembly has declared access to safe, clean drinking water and sanitation to be a "'human right' in a resolution that more than 40 countries including the United States didn't support. South Africa did support it. The UN General Assembly passed a resolution last Wednesday that access to water and sanitation is a human right. The resolution passed with 122 votes in favor, none against, and 41 abstentions.