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UN deputy chief stresses importance addressing issue of sanitation
03.09.2013 08:02 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson on Monday stressed the importance of addressing the issue of sanitation and open defecation, UN Radio reports.
Mr. Eliasson spoke in Stockholm, Sweden where hundreds of delegates from around the world have gathered for World Water Week.
Delivering a keynote address under the theme «Building Partnerships for Sanitation and Water for All» he noted last years announcement that the world had reached the target for access to improved sources of water.
However, he added a lack of sanitation affects the quality of water in poor countries.
Mr. Eliasson said more than 2.5 billion people around the world dont have adequate sanitation and of these one billion practice open defecation.
World Water week is being observed in Stockholm from 1 to 6 September.
Hundreds of representatives of governments, business, academia and civil society organizations are holding workshops, seminars and other events on water and sanitation for all.
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