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2022

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The United Nations observes World Toilet Day every year. What is the theme of World Toilet Day 2022?
A
Making the invisible visible
B
Sustainable sanitation and climate change
C
Leaving no one behind
D
Valuation of toilets
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The 2022 campaign ‘Making the invisible visible’ explores how inadequate sanitation systems spread human waste into rivers, lakes and soil, polluting underground water resources.

Detailed explanation-2: -Each year on November 19, World Toilet Day celebrates toilets and highlights the global sanitation crisis that affects billions of people around the world who are living without access to a safely managed toilet.

Detailed explanation-3: -This year, World Toilet Day is observed under the slogan of “Making the invisible visible” with the theme of sanitation and groundwater. Sustainable Development Goal #6 calls for universal access to adequate and equitable sanitation and the end of open defecation by 2030.

Detailed explanation-4: -On 19 November 2001, the NGO World Toilet Organization (WTO) was founded by Jack Sim, a philanthropist from Singapore. He subsequently declared 19 November as World Toilet Day.

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