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Beppu, Oita Prefecture, Japan, Dec 5, 2007 - (ACN Newswire) - From the small island States in the Pacific Ocean to the countries of the Himalayan plateau, Asia-Pacific leaders committed themselves to tackle the region's severe sanitation crisis.
Although one out of five people in the region do not have access to safe drinking water, half of the population in the Asia-Pacific region, equating to a staggering 1.6 billion people, are still without adequate sanitation.
At the Regional Launch of the International Year of Sanitation 2008, His Royal... |
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