About 2.4 mln citizens of Moldova, which means over 67% of the country’s population, need a better supply with safe water sources, the Human Development Report 2006, presented Thursday November 9, in Chisinau, by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), shows. The report entitled “Beyond scarcity: power, poverty and the global water crisis” gives the example of Moldova in the respects of the crisis suffered at world level “especially by poor people looked with the eyes of those that have necessary technologies and political power to solve such problems”. UNDP representative in Moldova, Steliana Nedera told a press conference that the global water crisis is not caused by the insufficiency of water, but by the lack of access to the drinking water sources. According to the report’s recommendations, each person must have access to at least 20 l of qualitative water daily, while the state has to work out national strategies for water and sanitation. The report also urges the donor countries to increase the volume of assistance for tackling issues existing in the developing countries and countries in transition. The report ranks Moldova the 114 according to the Human Development Index, in a ranking composed of 177 countries of the world. The report shows that the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals for 2015, including hunger and poverty reduction, is possible by extending the access to safe water and sewerage systems. The report’s authors plead for putting forth efforts in ensuring the access to water and sewerage systems for everyone through the agency of the national strategies, and suggest examples for cooperation to settle transborder conflicts in water management.