A/HRC/2/2 A/HRC/Sub.1/58/36 page 41 Deeply concerned that more than 1 billion people in the world are still deprived of access to drinking water supply and that almost 4 billion are not living in decent conditions of sanitation, 1. Welcomes with satisfaction the report of the Special Rapporteur, Mr. El-Hadji Guissé, on the realization of the right to drinking water and sanitation (E/CN.4/Sub.2/2005/25), which contains draft guidelines for the realization of the right to drinking water and sanitation; 2. Re-emphasizes that the right to water is an individual and collective human right and is closely linked to other rights, such as the rights contemplated in several international human rights instruments and in general comment No. 15 (2002) of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; 3. Reaffirms that the access of everyone to drinking water supply must not be subject to any restriction but must be subject to regulation and control by the public authorities; 4. Adopts the guidelines for the realization of the right to drinking water and sanitation, referred to in paragraph 1 of the present resolution; 5. Requests all States and international organizations to give priority, in political decision-making at the national, regional and international levels, to the implementation of their international obligations in the area of drinking water and sanitation; 6. Calls upon all States to cooperate in the area of drinking water supply and sanitation for the realization of the right of everyone to water; 7. Requests the Secretary-General to bring to the attention of States, international organizations and non-governmental organizations concerned with questions relating to water and sanitation, the guidelines for the realization of the right to drinking water and sanitation, as well as general comment No. 15 (2002) of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; 8. Invites Mr. Guissé to continue his work on the right to drinking water and sanitation and to submit a follow-up report to the fifty-ninth session of the Sub-Commission or to the first session of the future expert advice mechanism of the Human Rights Council; 9. Decides to submit the report of Mr. Guissé on the realization of the right to drinking water and sanitation, which contains draft guidelines for the realization of the right to drinking water and sanitation, to the Human Rights Council for consideration and adoption. 21st meeting 24 August 2006 [Adopted without a vote. See chap. VI.]