潘基文祕書長年世界廁所日致辭
Message on World Toilet Day
世界廁所日致辭
19 November 2016
2016年11月19日
World Toilet Day aims to raise awareness and inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis – a topic often neglected and shrouded in taboos.
世界廁所日旨在提高人們的認識，激勵大家採取行動應對全球衛生危機——這個問題經常被忽視並帶有禁忌色彩。
This year’s observance focuses on ‘toilets and jobs’ and the impact of sanitation – or the lack of it – on livelihoods and work.environments.
今年的活動側重於“廁所和工作”以及有無衛生設施對民生和工作環境的影響。
Toilets play a crucial role in creating a strong economy. A lack of toilets at work and at home has severe consequences, including poor health leading to absenteeism, reduced concentration, exhaustion, and decreased productivity. About 17 per cent of all workplace deaths are caused by disease transmission at work.
廁所對打造強勁經濟起着至關重要的作用。工作場所和家居沒有廁所會帶來嚴重後果，包括健康不良，進而導致缺勤、注意力下降、疲憊和生產力下降。在工作場所發生的所有死亡中，工作時疾病傳播造成的死亡大約佔17%。
Access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) can make economies grow faster. Approximately $260 billion is lost each year to the effects of poor sanitation and unsafe water. Every dollar invested in water and sanitation leads to $4 in economic returns.
享有水、環境衛生和個人衛生可使經濟增長得更快。衛生條件差和水質不安全所產生的影響每年造成大約2600億美元的經濟損失。爲改善水和環境衛生而投入的每個美元都可帶來4美元的經濟回報。
Yet at least 2.4 billion people across the world lack access to toilets and are struggling to stay well, keep their children alive and work towards a better future. Investing in appropriate toilets is especially important for women and girls so that they have private, clean and safe facilities, and are able to manage menstruation or pregnancy safely.
然而，世界各地至少有24億人無法使用廁所，他們正在艱難地維持健康，使子女活下去併爲更美好的未來而努力。投資興建得體廁所對於婦女和女童尤爲重要，可使她們用上單獨、清潔和安全的設施，並能夠安全無虞地在月經或懷孕期間照顧自己。
Sustainable development goal 6 calls on the international community to ensure access to toilets by 2030. Delivering on this basic human right – the right to water and sanitation – is good for people, business and the economy. Let us continue working towards a world where everyone, everywhere, has adequate and equitable sanitation.
可持續發展目標6要求國際社會確保到2030年普及廁所。實現這項基本人權——即享有水和衛生設施的權利——對人民、企業和經濟都有好處。讓我們繼續努力建立一個能使每個人在任何地方享有適當和公平衛生設施的世界。
