In its UnitedNationsMillenniumDeclaration, adopted in 2000, the international community made commitments to reduce by half, between 2000 and 2015, the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water and to end the irrational use of water resources.
The Obama bill makes clear, in turn, that the latter are the objectives laid out by the UnitedNations General Assembly in its 2000 "Millennium Declaration" resolution.