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the united nation a long-standing tradition up commemorating political
milestones like the abolition of slavery like you know and have these all day
visuals you know world a
day world you know anti-slavery day
World Refugee Day World Population Day World Water Day
and on and on and on but
there is a new day coming in late
July this past year the 193 members in the United Nations General Assembly
adopted a resolution
initiated by thing a poor to declare November 19
couple days ago as World Toilet Day
the first ever in the sixty-eight years
are than the united nation's founding the name is catching humored
that the thing a poor individuals but also to capture public attention
I'm focus on the challenge of sanitation
and toilet and that's a big deal folks that is a very very big deal the
revolution of course what about
cosponsored by 121 member states
calling for greater attention to global them the global sanitation crisis
by commemorating World Toilet Day let this
past week arm in the end it doesn't seem real stop
they say that then it Asian is not just about both infrastructure
it's about social and behavioral change which cannot be achieved
overnight but will take time despite these obstacles
much in the pod much progress has been made since nineteen ninety one point eat
billion people have gain access
to improve sanitation and the number the people who
practice open defecation has been reduced
by 272 million that is a big deal
so first let me say to you fifth element couple days ago
happy Toilet Day to you dollar nation but more importantly
let's have a conversation about the privilege that we have in this country
or were everything to the show having a toilet
and I say that because a toilet means that when you defecate
and you released you know all the stuff that your body is in use
you also leave horrible back to you with bacteria
are and this that the third and if that victory is not properly fed it either
probably taken to a place away from
the public to the general public you can lead to disease we saw this in the Black
Plague
alva the earlobe earlier cover time gone by
we saw them a lot of different to the outbreaks it's usually because we don't
have
great fan occasion processes we don't have running water we can wash your
hands and flush your toilet
this is a real concern facing the world
and I think about that if they even you know think about that when it was put
into play
spoken to her real with the not only a how real
you know the toilet and this vintage system is to you arm
anything was happening in the Philippines or we think about what
happened superstorm sandy
where people don't have access to clean water and people can post their toilet
and how big a deal that was in making america in in May keeping
you know are population state
and is the youth three this is a real real real situation in the real crisis
and I'm happy
that the united nations doing something about it so
happy to other day to you there
now