UN URGES POLITICAL COMMITMENT, LEADERSHIP TO FUND LAGGING GLOBAL SANITATION GOALS

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UN URGES POLITICAL COMMITMENT, LEADERSHIP TO FUND LAGGING GLOBAL
SANITATION GOALSNew York, May 13 2013 12:00PMWhile international
targets on clean drinking water were met nearly three years ago, a
joint United Nations agency report today
<"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2013/sanitation_mdg_20130513/en/index.html">warns
that without a major funding push, some 2.4 billion people – one-third
of the world's population – will remain without access to improved
sanitation in 2015.

The report, <i><"http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/81245/1/9789241505390_eng.pdf">Progress
on sanitation and drinking-water 2013 update</i>, was compiled by the
World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation.

The new study warns that, at the current rate of progress, the 2015
Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of halving the proportion of
the 1990 population without sanitation will be missed by 8 per cent –
or half a billion people.

"There is an urgent need to ensure all the necessary pieces are in
place – political commitment, funding and leadership – so the world
can accelerate progress and reach the Millennium Development Goal
sanitation target," said Dr. Maria Neira, WHO Director for Public
Health and Environment.

"The world can turn around and transform the lives of millions that
still do not have access to basic sanitation," she said, adding: "The
rewards would be immense for health, ending poverty at its source, and
well-being."

While UNICEF and WHO announced last year that the MDG drinking water
target had been met and surpassed by 2010, the challenge to improve
sanitation and reach those in need has led to a consolidated call for
action to accelerate progress.

The report echoes the urgent call to action by UN Deputy
Secretary-General Jan Eliasson for the world community to combine
efforts and end open defecation by 2025. With less than three years to
go to reach the MDG deadline, WHO and UNICEF called for a final push
to meet the sanitation target.

Among the key findings from the latest 2011 data, the report
highlights that nearly two-thirds (64 per cent) of the world's
population had access to improved sanitation facilities, an increase
of almost 1.9 billion people since 1990.

Yet currently, some 2.5 billion people still lacked access to such
facilities. Of these, according to the report, 761 million use public
or shared sanitation facilities and 693 million use facilities that do
not meet minimum standards of hygiene. Further, in 2011, one billion
people still defecated in the open. Ninety per cent of all open
defecation takes place in rural areas, the report states, also noting
the "striking disparity" between urban and rural dwellers regarding
access to water and sanitation services.

"This is an emergency no less horrifying than a massive earthquake or
tsunami," said Sanjay Wijesekera, global head of UNICEF's water,
sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programme.

"Every day hundreds of children are dying; every day thousands of
parents mourn their sons and daughters. We can and must act in the
face of this colossal daily human tragedy."

The report summarizes the shared vision of the water, sanitation and
hygiene (WASH) sector including academia, human rights and global
monitoring communities for a post-2015 world where, among other
progress, no one defecated in the open; everyone had safe water,
sanitation and hygiene at home and at schools and health centres; and
where inequalities in access were eliminated.May 13 2013 12:00PM
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