Prelims 2024 · Current Affairs · Question 64
Consider the following statements regarding World Toilet Organization: 1. It is one of the agencies of the United Nations. 2. World Toilet Summit, World Toilet Day and World Toilet College are the initiatives of this organization, to inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis. 3. The main focus of its function is to grant funds to the least developed countries and developing countries to achieve the end of open defecation. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer
2 only
1. Incorrect. The World Toilet Organization is not a UN agency; it is an independent global non-profit founded in 2001 in Singapore.
2. Correct. World Toilet Summit, World Toilet Day, and World Toilet College are associated initiatives of the organization to promote sanitation action.
3. Incorrect. Its role is mainly advocacy, awareness, networking, and capacity-building, not primarily granting funds to LDCs/developing countries to end open defecation.
Hence, only statement 2 is correct.