A/HRC/42/47/Add.1 and schools, the construction of road infrastructure and the connection of electricity. These goals should be reached in a manner that is the least intrusive and restricting of the rights of local people and, in particular, without compromising their access to water. Phase II of the highlands development project should take into account the lessons learned from phase I, putting every effort into prioritizing immediate access to water and sanitation for those living near the dams, as a matter of equality and justice. V. Monitoring and reporting 76. The Special Rapporteur emphasizes that the obligation to adopt and implement a plan of action to implement programmes and monitor the extent of realization and nonrealization of rights is not conditional on a possible lack of resources. The Special Rapporteur observed a gap in reporting and monitoring of obligations under the international human rights treaties to which Lesotho is a party. Information on water, sanitation and hygiene is available in Lesotho and helps the Government and all relevant stakeholders to understand the degree of access to those services. However, a more comprehensive understanding of the situation is lacking. One of the main references for that would be the monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals undertaken under the WHO/UNICEF joint monitoring programme. In the baseline of the Goals, published in 2018, information on Lesotho is far from complete. Information on drinking-water quality and water availability is missing and, as a result, it is not possible to estimate the proportion of the population that has access to safely managed services. As for sanitation, there are also no estimates for safely managed services because data on the management and disposal of excreta and on wastewater treatment are missing for both urban and rural areas. Furthermore, data on handwashing are available but are not disaggregated by wealth or district in order to assess and monitor inequalities. 77. Data disaggregation is fundamental for monitoring human rights compliance and the Special Rapporteur encourages the authorities to apply other levels of disaggregation to the data related to water, sanitation and hygiene. Data broken down according to variables related to access to water and sanitation services and comparisons of national figures with access to water in households including orphans, people living with HIV/AIDS, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex persons, or persons with disabilities will provide insights as to the level of inequality in access to services. VI. Conclusions and recommendations 78. The Special Rapporteur was honoured to be the first special procedures mandate holder to undertake an official visit to Lesotho. He hopes that other special procedures mandate holders will visit Lesotho in the near future to contribute to the realization of all human rights of the people of Lesotho, the Basotho. 79. The Special Rapporteur observed that Lesotho faced significant gaps related to the safe access of the population to water and sanitation services at the household level and also in educational facilities and public spaces. Various pressing needs impede the Basotho from fully realizing their human rights to water and sanitation and those needs negatively impact their access to water and sanitation services, as well as other dimensions of human development. Without addressing water and sanitation as a national priority, it will be a long time until other social needs and interlinked human rights are fulfilled. For that reason, the Special Rapporteur emphasizes that water, sanitation and hygiene must be placed on the national development agenda of Lesotho as a top priority. 80. The Special Rapporteur further observed multiple needs in the water and sanitation sector, which require that priorities be set in terms of policies, budget, interventions and practices. When everything is stated to be of equal importance without defining the most urgent necessities and the time frame to achieve them, unfeasible and dysfunctional planning can be the result. It is therefore crucial to have operational and transparent criteria that allow identification of the most pressing 16