Monday, March 12, 2012

UN meets Millennium Development Goal on drinking water


The Millennium Development Goal for access to clean water has been reached, ahead of the target date of 2015.

Now 89% of the population of the world have access to improved water supplies, up from 76% in the base year of 1990.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon hailed the achievement of halving the number of people without access to improved drinking water.

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