The United Nations has an important founding document: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. All member nations have signed it.
In a first world urban environment, it is critical that there be an URBAN DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS. Many homeless people in cities lack basic needs: trash disposal containers so they don't have to sleep surrounded by garbage; safe, pure drinking water from water stations with
filler spouts; finally, free use of toilets in public areas.
Homeless people should be entitled to the dignity that is our right as humans. In cities, we have the absolute ability to afford them that dignity with toilets, water and garbage disposal. We should also provide mobile bathrooms so they can shower, shampoo their hair and better attend to their hygiene.
If we have the technology to create automobiles that drive themselves, certainly we can prioritize these three or four basics for humans in an urban society. It is healthier for our environment, for those of us fortunate to have homes, and for our homeless brothers and sisters.
"One Earth-One People"
Professora Merylee
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