An elite UN panel has warned that current water and sanitation infrastructure requires a major overhaul if the world is to meet related objectives in the post-2015 agenda.
The Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation – was first appointed by Kofi Annan in 2004. It is releasing its very first report in 2015. The advisory Board is calling for a new intergovernmental panel within the UN system dedicated to resolving emerging water challenges around the world.
The report comes at a time when about 2.5 billion people don’t have basic sanitation and where droughts and other disasters are leading to increased water scarcity, including in South Africa.
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