The government has compiled the rough draft of a declaration to be adopted at an international conference on water issues in March, calling for a greater injection of funds and technology to make safe drinking water available to more people worldwide.
The declaration -- to be adopted at a ministerial conference of the World Water Forum to be held in Kyoto -- aims to prioritize sanitation and securing water supplies, and to more than double the infusion of funds and technology for that goal, government officials said.
The officials said the draft declaration will be proposed during a working-level meeting that begins Thursday in Tokyo. The gathering is scheduled to draw officials from about 40 countries.