A United Nations expert on safe drinking water and sanitation plans to visit Nunavut as part of an 11-day trip to Canada in which he will meet with federal, provincial and Indigenous leaders.Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, will examine several aspects of these issues, including availability, accessibility, quality and safety, affordability, acceptability for drinking, domestic usage and sanitation.The UN announced the trip April 4 in a news release.Arrojo-Agudo’s itinerary will take him to Ontario, Nunavut, British Columbia and Alberta before he heads to a news conference in Ottawa where he will announce his preliminary findings.His office declined a request for an interview to provide further details, including when the delegation will arrive in Nunavut.The UN special rapporteur on the right to safe water and sanitation conducts research, undertakes missions to different countries, and works with development practitioners to help fulfill people’s rights to water and sanitation, according to the United Nations Human Rights website.In late 2021, residents in Iqaluit were unable to drink the city’s water for two months after fuel was discovered in the water supply.The Government of Nunavut frequently issues short-term boil water advisories in hamlets for safety reasons. (ICE TORONTO)

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