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More people use cellphones than toilets: U.N.

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The United Nations says 6 billion of the world's 7 billion people have mobile phones — but only 4.5 billion have access to toilets. So the U.N. is trying to boost sanitation for the 2.5 billion who still lack such basic facilities. U.N. Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson said the issue must be addressed immediately. The international organization aims to halve the proportion of people without access to sanitation by the end of 2015. (AP)

世界の携帯電話台数、トイレの数を上回る

国連の調査によると、世界の全人口70億人のうち、携帯電話を保有する人は60億人いるのに対し、トイレのある暮らしをしている人は45億人しかないという。

The Japan Times ST: April 5, 2013