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Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | General Assembly committee condemns North Korea for rights abuses Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   November 19, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story UN's Eliasson on providing sanitation for all Today is World Toilet Day, highlighting the need for better sanitation to protect people from disease, especially children, says Jan Eliasson, United Nations deputy secretary-general. "To see progress on sanitation, communities worldwide will need to create the space to talk about the practice of open defecation. Only then will the issue gain more visibility in public discourse and motivate tangible actions," he argues. 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