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100 Million People Homeless Worldwide!!! - 02/22/01 08:58 PM
100 MILLION PEOPLE HOMELESS WORLD-WIDE February 22, 2001
BBCNews.com reports: “An estimated 100 million people worldwide are homeless and their housing situation in general is growing worse says a UN report. In the 1948 Universal Declaration on Human Rights, the UN described access to adequate housing as essential, but, more than half a century later, the right to a secure home is by no means guaranteed. The UN blames above all the rapid urbanization of some developing countries, particularly in Africa and Southeast Asia, for the continuing plight of the homeless. It is believed that in these countries alone a further 600 million people live in overcrowded and poor quality housing with inadequate water and sanitation.”
BBCNews.com reports: “An estimated 100 million people worldwide are homeless and their housing situation in general is growing worse says a UN report. In the 1948 Universal Declaration on Human Rights, the UN described access to adequate housing as essential, but, more than half a century later, the right to a secure home is by no means guaranteed. The UN blames above all the rapid urbanization of some developing countries, particularly in Africa and Southeast Asia, for the continuing plight of the homeless. It is believed that in these countries alone a further 600 million people live in overcrowded and poor quality housing with inadequate water and sanitation.”