The MDGs and the human rights to water and sanitation 2010, para. 40
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- Sadly, situations of systematic exclusion, deprivation and discrimination in relation to access to water and sanitation persist, even in many countries that are currently on track to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, as well as many middle-income and developed countries. The way the Goals are framed (almost exclusively being applied in developing countries) overlooks the problems of persistent pockets of poverty and marginalization in richer countries. In particular, a 50 per cent reduction is not nearly ambitious enough in many such contexts. Where countries have almost universal coverage, specific targets should be set to reach the groups that suffer from lack of access owing to discrimination and exclusion. In this regard, global targets must be translated into national and subnational targets and adapted to the specific context, given that regional, ethnic or income inequalities are often the driving force of such exclusion.
- 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
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2010
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 40
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