The MDGs and the human rights to water and sanitation 2010, para. 4
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- Brevity and simplicity are among the Millennium Development Goals' main virtues. The Goals were not intended as a complete development strategy and should be interpreted in the context of broader global commitments, including those relating to human rights, as noted in the Millennium Declaration. The Millennium Development Goals are no panacea by themselves: no set of targets can be achieved in the absence of appropriate underlying institutions and public policies. While global goals are important for setting common benchmarks for progress, their application at the national level may require adaptation. Understood within these constraints, and contextualized and tailored in accordance with human rights standards and with national priorities and particularities, the Millennium Development Goals offer a framework for tracking human development progress, informing and monitoring public policy choices, identifying resource and capacity gaps and mobilizing needed financial flows, while contributing to the progressive realization of human rights.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2010
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 4
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