A/HRC/12/24 page 13 36. At the regional level, the Abuja Declaration, adopted by 45 African and 12 South American States at the 1st Africa-South America Summit in 2006, commits to promoting “the right of our citizens to have access to clean and safe water and sanitation within our respective jurisdictions”.44 The “Message from Beppu” adopted by 37 States from the wider Asia-Pacific region at the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit held in Beppu, Japan, in December 2007 recognizes “the people’s right to safe drinking water and basic sanitation as a basic human right and a fundamental aspect of human security”.45 Similarly, the Delhi Declaration, adopted by eight South Asian States at the 3rd South Asian Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN III) held in Delhi, in November 2008 recognizes “that access to sanitation and safe drinking water is a basic right, and according national priority to sanitation is imperative”.46 37. At the national level, the Constitutions of Bolivia and Uruguay recognize the right to water and sanitation, as does legislation in Algeria, Paraguay, and South Africa. In Argentina, a court ordered a municipality to adopt all necessary measures to improve the functioning of the sewage treatment plant and minimize the effects on the environment where untreated wastewater was contaminating the drinking water of the community of Chacras de la Merced.47 F. The right to work and the right to just and favourable working conditions 38. The right to work can also be negatively affected by lack of access to sanitation. Workplaces which do not provide sanitation facilities, which have prohibitively long waiting times for the use of facilities, or where employees are pressured not to interrupt work for toilet breaks, may prevent employees from keeping their jobs, or raise serious concerns about their right to work in safe and healthy working conditions. Women are particularly affected, especially during menstruation and pregnancy. 39. In its general comment No. 14 on the right to the highest attainable standard of health, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights specifies that, with regard to the right to healthy natural and workplace environments, “‘the improvement of all aspects of environmental and industrial hygiene’ (art. 12.2 (b)) comprises, inter alia … the requirement to ensure an adequate supply of safe and potable water and basic sanitation … [and it embraces] safe and hygienic working conditions”.48 44 See http://www.africa-union.org/root/AU/Conferences/Past/2006/November/ SummitASA/summit.htm. 45 Available at http://www.apwf.org/project/result.html. 46 Available at http://www.ddws.nic.in/infosacosan/ppt/Delhi%20Declaration%207.pdf. 47 Primera Instancia y 8 Nominación en lo Civil y Comercial, Ciudad de Córdoba, Argentina, Marchisio José Bautista y Otros, Acción de Amparo (Expte. No. 500003/36), 19 October 2004 (referring explicitly to general comment No. 15 on the right to water). 48 E/C.12/2000/4, para. 15.