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Millennium Development Goals
Mar. 22nd, 2014 10:28 amOn World Water Day, Remember Those Without Taps and Toilets
http://allafrica.com/stories/201403211163.html?aa_source=mf-hdlns
From refugees of conflict, to those rebuilding in countries like Sierra Leone and Mali, to those who have been left behind by reasons of ethnicity or caste, gender, age or remote location - we know that we still have far to go.
There are today 768 million people still without access to improved water and another 2.5 billion without sanitation. It is a shocking statistic for such a basic human right.
But in the next year, we have a chance to make a difference. We can set a path to make the human rights to sanitation and water become reality.
This year, the UN will set its post-2015 development agenda. Different UN agencies and NGOs like WaterAid are working hard to make sure that the Sustainable Development Goals include universal access to water and sanitation as separate and ambitious goals, with a clear commitment to eliminate inequalities in access.
Though the UN’s original Millennium Development Goals met their target on water - to halve the number of people without access - the work is nowhere near complete. Appearances can be deceptive, quality of water has not been a consideration and the inequalities in this achievement are masked by statistics.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201403211163.html?aa_source=mf-hdlns
From refugees of conflict, to those rebuilding in countries like Sierra Leone and Mali, to those who have been left behind by reasons of ethnicity or caste, gender, age or remote location - we know that we still have far to go.
There are today 768 million people still without access to improved water and another 2.5 billion without sanitation. It is a shocking statistic for such a basic human right.
But in the next year, we have a chance to make a difference. We can set a path to make the human rights to sanitation and water become reality.
This year, the UN will set its post-2015 development agenda. Different UN agencies and NGOs like WaterAid are working hard to make sure that the Sustainable Development Goals include universal access to water and sanitation as separate and ambitious goals, with a clear commitment to eliminate inequalities in access.
Though the UN’s original Millennium Development Goals met their target on water - to halve the number of people without access - the work is nowhere near complete. Appearances can be deceptive, quality of water has not been a consideration and the inequalities in this achievement are masked by statistics.
