UN General Assembly
2013

live in urban areas. Many cities are already under strain. More than 2.5 billion people lack access to basic sanitation, and another 800 million do not have safe drinking water. Some 2,000 children die every day from diarrhoea. The crisis will be exacerbated as more people move to crowded cities, where the infrastructure cannot grow fast enough to support them. Singapore introduced a draft resolution in July, which was adopted by the General Assembly (resolution 67/291), to designate 19 November as World Toilet Day. We hope that will encourage countries to take a close look at how the nexus of urbanization, water and sanitation can be better managed. Thirdly, it is important for the views and concerns of small States to be incorporated into the post-2015 development agenda. Small States make up more than half of the United Nations membership; many, especially small island developing States (SIDS), are among the more vulnerable Members of the United Nations family. Singapore identifies closely with the urgent concerns of our fellow SIDS. The third SIDS