Rufisque, Dec 17 (APS) – The Senegal 2050 vision recognizes that the challenges linked to water and sanitation “transcend national borders”, declared Monday in Sangalkam, Cheikh Tidiane Dièye, Minister of Hydraulics and of Sanitation.
”Indeed, Vision Senegal 2050 recognizes that our challenges, particularly those linked to water and sanitation, transcend national borders,” he indicated during the closing ceremony of a workshop of the Francophone African Alliance for Water and Sanitation (AAFEA), focused on the human rights of access to water and sanitation in West and Central Africa.
Nine civil society organizations from West and Central Africa, grouped within the AAFEA, met from December 11 to 16, 2024, at Lac Rose, in the Rufisque department, to discuss the issue of the effectiveness of human rights to water and sanitation, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa
This workshop “perfectly” illustrates the collective capacity of this alliance and member states to work together to achieve common objectives, particularly those of the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals), he said.
He stressed that our commitment is the best guarantee of our ability to positively impact our communities, especially if we think and act together. “Your collective commitment strengthens our faith in a united and united Africa, capable of building its future on the basis of cooperation and sharing”, launched Cheikh Tidiane Dièye.
In a declaration read at the end of the workshop, the AAFEA collectives recalled that “Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) play an essential role not only in guaranteeing the effective recognition of the right to water and sanitation as fundamental human rights by States (on a political and legal level at the national level), but also ensure the realization of these rights at the national and local level.
These AAFEA member collectives have formulated several messages to decision-makers to make the human rights to water and sanitation effective.
AAFEA brings together civil society collectives in the Water and Sanitation sector from 10 countries in West and Central Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Chad and Togo) . She works to make the human rights to water and sanitation a universal reality, particularly in French-speaking Africa.
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