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Couldn't join the world's longest toilet queue

Too bad I learned about today being World Water Day too late.

This is what the day is about, according to its official website:

"The international observance of World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro.

"The United Nations General Assembly designated 22 March of each year as the World Day for Water by adopting a resolution.This world day for water was to be observed starting in 1993, in conformity with the recommendations of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development contained in chapter 18 (Fresh Water Resources) of Agenda 21.

"States were invited to devote the Day to implement the UN recommendations and set up concrete activities as deemed appropriate in the national context."

Too bad I learned about "The World's Longest Toilet Queue" campaign too late.

According to its official website, the campaign, which is to take place between 20 and 22 March, is "a mass mobilisation event and Guinness World Record attempt bringing together thousands of campaigners from across the world to demand real change at [a meeting next month in which politicians from across the globe will gather in Washington DC. to discuss what they need to do to fulfil some of the most basic rights of the world’s citizens – access to a safe toilet and clean water]."

Too bad there is no queue in Hong Kong to raise people's awareness and for them to take place.

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