World Toilet Day

On November 19, one of the original holidays, World Toilet Day, is celebrated all over the world. This date was not invented for fun, but was officially approved by the UN in 2013 to attract everyone's attention to the problems of unsanitary conditions. In 1998, an international conference was held in Japan, at which the idea of ​​​​the need to create a WTO (world toilet organization) was discussed extremely hotly. The statistics are disappointing. 40% of the planet's population does not have the opportunity to create toilets, as a result of which intestinal diseases are spreading in epidemiological progression, from which about 2,000 children die every day in the world. On November 19, 2001, at an international summit in Singapore, a city characterized by impeccably clean and sterile latrines, the WTO was created. More than 200 delegates from 17 countries discussed the problems of sanitary standards. Today, the WTO consists of 19 associations. Russia has been a member of the World Toilet Organization since 2001. In 2006, the World Toilet Summit was held in Moscow. World Toilet Day has been celebrated since 2002, at the initiative of WTO members. At the moment, the holiday is celebrated by a rather narrow circle of people, but every year this circle is expanding. On this day, various rallies and actions are held to draw attention to international sanitary problems. Various institutions hold competitions for the best toilets that are comfortable and comply with sanitary rules. This day is marked by competitions in cleaning and cleaning dry toilets. The Toilet Museum has been created in London, which tells in detail the history of the appearance of the sewerage system. In the museum's exhibitions you can also see the first common rollers, which were used instead of paper, simply wetted with water. And the first Roman public toilets, where the seats were arranged in a circle, and statesmen had conversations and made important decisions, without breaking away from the direct use of the first stone toilets. Media around the world are actively involved in the dissemination of information material raising public awareness of toilet problems in developing countries. At the conferences, issues of introducing the latest sanitary developments are discussed, and investors, public and private, are being sought to finance the necessary industry. November 19 is a day of general mobilization to resolve an important life issue. Improving the quality of sanitary standards throughout the planet will make it possible to avoid serious illnesses and increased child mortality.