28 Aug 2012

UN / WATER WEEK

Despite tremendous progress in the last two decades in bringing access to improved drinking water sources to billions of people, finishing the task is not going to be easy, according to UNICEF at the start of World Water Week. UNTV / FILE

Posted at: August 28, 2012 4:53 pm

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STORY: UN / WATER WEEK
TRT: 2.21
SOURCE: UNICEF / IFAD
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE: FILE

SHOTLIST:

FILE – UNICEF - APRIL 2012, LOME, TOGO

1. Various shots, children washing hands at makeshift washing stations

FILE – UNICEF - MARCH 2012, N'TJIBOUGOU, MALI

2. Close up, child's face
3. Close up, child's hands being washed
4. Med shot, child washing hands
5. Wide shot, children at washing station
6. Tilt up, child pumping well
7. Tilt down, child pumping well
8. Various shots, children at well
9. Close up, people washing hands with a kettle
10. Med shot, man washing hands with a kettle
11. Wide shot, girls washing hands in front of latrine
12. Close up, girl washing hands in front of latrine

FILE – IFAD - AUGUST 2011, RIFT VALLEY, ETHIOPIA

13. Wide shot, woman collecting water from water point
14. Tilt up, from water can to woman's face

FILE – IFAD - JANUARY 2012, ESTADO DO RIO GRANDE DO NORTE, BRAZIL

15. Wide shot, man lifting buckets of water
16. Wide shot, woman carrying buckets of water, cactus in foreground
17. Close up, bucket in well
18. Med shot, man pulling bucket out of well, pouring into container
19. Various shots, farmers laying down irrigation systems

FILE – IFAD - FEBRUARY 2012, BOUNDIALI, NORTHERN IVORY COAST

20. Wide shot, woman collecting water from well
21. Med shot, woman pouring water into cistern
	
STORYLINE:

Progress on Drinking Water and Sanitation 2012, released jointly by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO), says that between 1990 and 2010 more than 2 billion people have gained access to improved sources of drinking water such as piped supplies, or protected wells.

The report says that, as of 2010, the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of halving the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water, has been met well in advance of the MDG 2015 deadline.
The report says at the end of 2010, 89 percent of the world's population, or 6.1 billion people, used improved drinking water sources. This is one per cent more than the 88 percent MDG target. The report estimates that by 2015, 92 percent of the global population will have access to improved drinking water.

Nevertheless, it warned that victory could not yet be declared as at least 11 percent of the world's population – 783 million people – are still without access to safe drinking water, and billions without sanitation facilities.

The report highlights, however, that the world is still far from meeting the MDG target for sanitation, and is unlikely to do so by 2015. Only 63 percent of the world now have improved sanitation access, a figure projected to increase only to 67 percent by 2015, well below the 75 percent aim in the MDGs. Currently 2.5 billion people still lack improved sanitation.

UNICEF and WHO also cautioned that since the measurement of water quality is not possible globally, progress towards the MDG target of safe drinking water is measured through gathering data on the use of improved drinking water sources. Significant work must be done to ensure that improved sources of water are and remain safe.

World Water Week is hosted and organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and takes place each year in Stockholm. The World Water Week has been the annual focal point for the globe's water issues since 1991.