A/71/302 that of Denmark of affirming that poverty reduction and promotion of human rights are the core of development cooperation; 28 and that of Austria of ensuring that development cooperation does not risk violating human rights and that a human rights-based approach is applied in programmes, projects and in political and policy dialogues. 29 There are other countries that recognize the human rights framework in their policies, including Canada, whose Official Development Assistance Accountability Act establishes that official development assistance must be consistent with international human rights standards; 30 and France, whose Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a document on democratic governance and human rights, stated its commitment to concretely and holistically promoting human rights across the board in all sectors of French cooperation. 31 43. In other States, policies specifically concerning the water and sanitation sector contain formulations that reflect the human rights framework in rather distinct ways. For example, the water supply and sanitation assistance strategy of the Japan International Cooperation Agency reflects recognition of the d eclaration by the General Assembly in 2010 that access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation are basic human rights. 32 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands indicated that the Netherlands recognized the right to safe drinking water and sanitation as basic human rights and that such recognition granted it the ability to point out, during policy discussions with partner countries, the responsibilities of the Government and the rights of the population, in particular vulnerable groups. 33 The Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation indicated that its new water strategy also set a rights-based approach to water. 34 An official document from Belgium on development cooperation mentioned that human rights principles, including the rights to water, health and decent work and the rights of women, children and indigenous peoples, were all important components of its normative framework. 35 In a reference document on realizing the human rights to water and sanitation, the Government of Sweden recalled its declaration of full support for the human right s to water and sanitation and that richer States had an obligation to assist other States in fulfilling the right to water and sanitation. 36 Spain also has strongly integrated __________________ 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 14/24 See Denmark, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Government’s Priorities for the Danish Development Cooperation 2016: Overview of the Development Cooperation Budget 2016 -2019 (September 2015). See Austria, Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, Three-Year Programme on Austrian Development Policy 2016-2018 (Vienna, 2016). See Canada, Official Development Assistance Accountability Act, Statutes of Canada, chap. 17 (2008). See France, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Democratic Governance and Human Rights (Paris, 2010). See Japan International Cooperation Agency, “Assistance strategy on water supply and sanitation” (May 2012). See the Netherlands, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, From Infrastructure to Sustainable Impact: Policy Review of the Dutch Contribution to Drinking Water And Sanitation (1990 -2011) (The Hague, 2012). See Switzerland, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, SDC’s Human Rights Policy: Towards a Life in Dignity — Realizing Rights for Poor People (Berne, 2006). See Belgium, Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Strategy Note: Environment in the Belgian Development Cooperation (Brussels, 2014). See Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, “Realizing the Human Right to Water and Sanitation”, SIDA Reference Paper (Stockholm, 2013). 16-13590