World Toilet Day Commemorated On 19 November

Highlights:

• On November 19, 2021, World Toilet Day will be recognised as an official United Nations international day all over the world.
• The day is commemorated to encourage people to take action to address the worldwide sanitation challenge.
• The purpose of the day is to "Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for everyone," and it is observed to inform, engage, and inspire people to take action toward accomplishing the goal of improving sanitation. 
• The topic for World Toilet Day 2021 is "valuing toilets."
• The inaugural World Toilet Summit was held on the same day as World Toilet Day, which was founded by the World Toilet Organization in 2001.
• Twelve years later, in 2013, the UN General Assembly designated World Toilet Day an official UN day.