A/HRC/RES/27/7 of services today should safeguard the ability in the future to realize the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation; 3. Alarmed by the fact that, according to the 2014 Joint Monitoring Programme update, the percentage of the global population without access to an improved sanitation facility decreased by only 7 per cent between 1990 and 2012 and that, if current trends continue, the Millennium Development Goal target on sanitation will be missed by more than half a billion people, and calls upon all Member States to continue to support the global effort to realize the goals of the advocacy campaign “Sustainable sanitation: the fiveyear drive to 2015”, including action to eliminate the practice of open defecation, as called for by the Deputy Secretary-General on 28 May 2014; 4. Welcomes the fact that the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals proposed in its outcome document a goal on water and sanitation and targets on universal access to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene, highlighting in particular the dimensions of safety, affordability, adequacy, equality, participation and sustainability, that it proposed objectives to end open defecation and to improve wastewater treatment, and that special attention be given to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations, and invites States to consider adequately the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation in the elaboration of the post-2015 development agenda; 5. Also welcomes the work of the Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, the comprehensive, transparent and inclusive consultations conducted with relevant and interested actors from all regions for her thematic reports and the undertaking of country missions; 6. Further welcomes the annual report of the Special Rapporteur submitted to the General Assembly on managing wastewater, curbing water pollution and improving water quality for the realization of the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, 1 in which she emphasized the need to ensure that respect for, protection of and fulfilment of human rights are integrated into wastewater management and to develop a holistic approach to sustainable water resource management, including wastewater management; 7. Welcomes the annual report of the Special Rapporteur submitted to the Human Rights Council on common violations of the human rights to water and sanitation,2 and encourages Governments and other stakeholders to use, as appropriate, the “Handbook for realizing the human rights to water and sanitation: from policy to practice”, presented in an addendum to that report3 as a tool for the progressive realization of the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation; 8. Reaffirms that States have the primary responsibility to ensure the full realization of all human rights and must take steps, nationally and through international assistance and cooperation, especially economic and technical, to the maximum of their available resources, to achieve progressively the full realization of the right to safe drinking water and sanitation by all appropriate means, including in particular the adoption of legislative measures in the implementation of their human rights obligations; 9. Stresses the important role of international cooperation and the technical assistance provided by States, specialized agencies of the United Nations system and international and development partners, as well as by donor agencies, in particular in the timely achievement of the relevant Millennium Development Goals, and urges development partners to adopt a human rights-based approach when designing and implementing 1 2 3 4 A/68/264. A/HRC/27/55. A/HRC/27/55/Add.3.