A world record in the length of a queue to a toilet was set when 756 people lined up to a latrine in Brussels to raise awareness for the need for clean water on the World Water Day, media reports said Tuesday. United Nations' children's agency UNICEF organized this event. Each participant of the event was given a wristband with his or her number in the line and T-shirt certifying participation.
"The latrine was of the same design as we use in third world countries -a dry latrine -and we formed the longest queue this morning," UNICEF spokesman Benoit Melebeck said.
"The Guinness Book of Records told us we needed to get at least 500 people in the queue to get the record," he said.
Melebeck said the event was to raise public awareness and eventually funds for the need for more pumps, wells, latrines hygiene education for children in third world countries.
"We have 5,000 children dying every day from the lack of clean water, sanitation and hygiene education -- this means one every 20 seconds," he said.
AP
