however the progress achieved has been uneven and many people are still being left behind prom the millennium development goals which established a target of halving the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water to the general assembly s recognition of water and sanitation as a human right the united nations has laid the foundations this goal as well as other related goals and targets aims to address all issues related to the water cycle including access to adequate water and sanitation improving quality and efficiency of water delivery sustainable water management as well as strengthening international cooperation at the upcoming highlevel political forum on sustainable development we will learn of progress being made on sdg including at the national level