A/HRC/45/10/Add.3 16. In addition, Vision-2050 changes from the SDV by adding a goal for water quality. The policy adds a goal to provide 95 per cent clean water in 2050, increasing from 92 per cent in 2018, addressing the need for indicators regarding water quality. The Special Rapporteur commends the Government on adding this important element of the human rights standards to the policy, being a step forward to further integrate the element of quality in Mongolia’s policy to implement the SDGs. While the Special Rapporteur welcomes the inclusion of water quality in the long-term development policy of Mongolia, he notes that aspects of the human rights to water and sanitation are still excluded, namely, affordability and accessibility. 17. The method for evaluating Vision-2050 is linked to corresponding SDG indicators 6.1.1 and 6.2.1, namely, “the proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services” and “the proportion of population using safely managed sanitation and handwashing facilities with soap and water”. 9 The Special Rapporteur wishes to remind the Government that relying on SDG indicators, which focus largely on the access to water and sanitation by improving services, does not fully equate to the full implementation of States’ human rights obligation (A/HRC/45/10). For instance, the Special Rapporteur has highlighted the gap in monitoring SDGs 6.1 and 6.2, namely, the omission of equality and affordability as a standard for its target.10 More concretely, such an approach does not address ensuring affordability of access to water and sanitation by providing subsidies or even enabling people to access water for free in critical circumstances. It also does not include the provision of services for persons with specific needs, such as persons with disabilities. Therefore, the Special Rapporteur emphasizes that for the Government to be fully compliant with the human rights to water and sanitation, complementary measures and efforts should be made in addition to its on-going efforts to achieve SDGs. PROGRESS ON-GOING: The Special Rapporteur acknowledges that the Government has reported in its Voluntary National Review making efforts to align its Sustainable Development Vision 2030 with the global SDGs, and looks forward to the positive outcome of this process. He also welcomes and notes that Vision-2050 seeks to integrate some aspects of the SDGs relating to water and sanitation. However, wishes to point out that Vision-2050 does not address the key aspects of goals relating to “leaving no one behind”, and that it does not fully incorporate the framework of the human rights to water and sanitation. Looking forward, he recommends that the Government include the normative content of the human rights to water and sanitation, particularly affordability and acceptability, and human rights principles, in its policy to implement the SDGs. III. Recommendation on institutional framework A. Recommendation on institutional arrangements 18. The Special Rapporteur provided a set of three recommendations to address the institutional arrangements in the water and sanitation sector, their coordination and clarification of their roles and responsibilities. 9 10 6 “Vision 2050”, 2020, 306. Open Letter from the Special Rapporteur to the WHO-UNICEF JMP (28 July 2017): https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Water/OpenLetter_WHO_UNICEF_WASH.pdf.