India Sanitation Coalition joins OneShared.World and Mannequin United Nation Impression for Youth Consultations Growing Draft United Nations Decision

New Delhi – Youth activists with ages starting from 12-18 and drawn from 4 main cities in India — New Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, and Lucknow — engaged in a nationwide session on August 20-21 2021 which centered on guaranteeing clear water, primary sanitation and hygiene, and important pandemic safety (WASHPAP) for everybody in India and around the globe by 2030 within the context of the worldwide combat towards COVID-19 and future pandemics. Individuals shared their very own experiences and people of their neighborhood, responded to questions posed by WASHPAP specialists, and supplied inputs on a decision to be introduced publicly to the United Nations Common Meeting in September.

The bottom-breaking effort was organized by way of a collaboration between the India Sanitation Coalition, the worldwide interdependence motion OneShared.World, and MUN Impression, a number one digital Mannequin United Nations community.

An earlier model of the decision was developed by way of a sequence of Mannequin United Nations youth debates held throughout the globe earlier this 12 months in English, Spanish, French, and Russian. The decision will likely be launched on the OneShared.World international summit on September 23, 2021, and is anticipated to garner vital state and civil society help.

Not like practically all previous Mannequin United Nations and youth session efforts, this initiative is designed to determine, implement, and promote an precise plan for fixing the issue it has recognized. The ultimate decision will likely be shared with all governments represented on the United Nations and actively promoted by way of a high-profile and youth-led international advocacy marketing campaign.

Recognizing the urgency of the COVID-19 international well being disaster, the initiative is a step in the direction of compelling world leaders to make a pledge later this 12 months to enact an inclusive and complete planning course of for WASHPAP over the next 12 months.

“Particularly over the past five years, India has made rapid progress providing basic sanitation facilities to all. These efforts must now be part and parcel of our nation’s pandemic response. It is heartening to note that a large part of this change is being driven by the involvement of young adults who are keen to lead India and the world toward making WASHPAP for all a global reality,” mentioned Naina Lal Kidwai, Chair of the India Sanitation Coalition.

“The pandemic has shown us that we are only as safe as the most vulnerable among us,” mentioned Jamie Metzl, Founder and Chair of OneShared.World, “That’s why ensuring WASHPAP for all is not charity but the smartest and best investment we can make in a better future for everyone. Because older generations have failed to build this better world, young leaders like the incredible people guiding this process must lead the way.”

“Young people are rarely given an equal seat at the table with experts and global leaders, but the #WASHPAP2030 India Consultations are breaking through these barriers and providing young people with a platform to drive real and meaningful change. Our world will be a safer place if everyone recognizes the role of youth leadership in helping solve our biggest global problems” mentioned Zoey Fisher, International Secretary Common of MUN Impression, following the success of our WASHPAP India consultations.

Final 12 months, the Indian authorities performed a key function guaranteeing that language supplied by OneShared.World was included within the ultimate communique of the G20 Riyadh leaders’ summit. Suresh Prabhu, the Indian authorities’s Sherpa to the G20 and G7, at the moment affirmed the management of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a champion of the water and sanitation agenda and, for the primary time, dedicated his nation’s help to the worldwide WASHPAP agenda. “I hope the goal [of WASHPAP for all] will not remain a goal,” Prabhu acknowledged. India’s international management and function because the G20 host in 2023 will likely be important to making sure the implementation of this important dedication.

“WASH is a stakeholder-centric sector.Therefore,the introduction of a universal responsibility like Individual Social Responsibility to ensure such contribution could be a way forward to ensure WASHPAP is implemented to help in achieving the SDG 6 goals” opines Sandhya Haribal, the Bangalore Metropolis Specialist.

“The Indian government has an important opportunity to lead global efforts ensuring WASHPAP for all by 2030, particularly in the run up to India’s hosting of the G20 in 2023, the same year that the UN Conference on the Water Action Decade will be held,” mentioned Metzl. “The incredible young people from around the world who are leading this call to action are indispensable allies in this process.”

About OneShared.World:

OneShared.World is a broad and inclusive motion of individuals in 125 international locations on 5 continents working collaboratively throughout various cultures, communities, ethnicities, generations, and nations to make sure a greater future for humankind and the sustainability of our frequent house. The group is constructing a completely inclusive, international social motion and political power representing the democratic expression of our frequent humanity. The group’s Declaration of Interdependence has been translated into 20 languages.

About Mannequin United Nations Impression:

MUN Impression is a non-governmental group in collaboration with the UN Division of International Communications that believes within the energy of youth and Mannequin United Nations to encourage motion and influence for the UN Sustainable Growth Targets. Mannequin United Nations has affected tens of millions of delegates in private, social and tutorial methods. However there’s all the time been a lacking link-translating your data and abilities into precise influence on this planet. MUN Impression seeks to fill this hole by giving college students the instruments, concepts, networks and inspiration to take motion of their communities. Over the previous 12 months, MUN Impression has engaged 25,000+ college students from 150+ international locations in quite a lot of digital and in-person programming together with three international summits, SDG-based Mannequin United Nations programs, mentorship, and debates, International Weeks of Motion, and SDGHubs.

About India Sanitation Coalition:

The India Sanitation Coalition is a multi-stakeholder platform that brings the non-public sector, authorities, monetary establishments, civil society teams, media, donors, bi-lateral/multilateral establishments, consultants, and so forth. collectively on a standard platform to work within the growth house and drive the sanitation agenda of the nation by way of a partnership mannequin. Via a spread of catalytic actions, the group helps the unlocking of WASH financing with concentrate on the non-public sector, forging partnerships with allied organizations for main the discourse on sustainable sanitation; convening, curating and disseminating greatest practices within the sanitation advocacy house and offering inputs into the coverage elements of sanitation by way of participation on the allied boards.