UPSC – CSE Prelims 2024
MEDIUM
CURRENT AFFAIRS – INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
1. Consider the following statements regarding World Toilet Organization:
- It is one of the agencies of the United Nations.
- World Toilet Summit, World Toilet Day and World Toilet College are the initiatives of this organization, to inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis.
- The main focus of its function is to grant funds to the least developed countries and developing countries to achieve the end of open defecation.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
(a) 2 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 1 and 2
(d) 2 and 3
Ans. (a)
CURRENT AFFAIRS 17 November 2023
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World Toilet Organization
- It is a global non-profit organization whose goal is to improve toilet and sanitation conditions worldwide.
- It was founded in 2001 with 15 members and has now grown to 151 member organizations in 53 countries.
- It is also the organizer of the World Toilet Summit, the Urgent Run and initiated the United Nations World Toilet Day.
- It started the World Toilet College (WTC) in 2005 as a social enterprise in Singapore, to address the gap in education and training around sanitation topics.
World Toilet Day
- It is celebrated on 19th November every year.
- It aims to help break taboos around toilets and make sanitation for all a global development priority.
- The United Nations also officially recognizes this day due to the need to raise awareness about the world’s sanitation crisis
- Dr. Jack Sim, Founder, World Toilet Organisation was present in Delhi for World Toilet Day 2023.
- He shared the global experience of managing public toilets and basic issue involved in public toilets and summarised it through ABC: Architecture, Behavior, Cleaning.