UN General Assembly
2013

2015 because we are now in the process of reviewing our Constitution. We are on target with regard to reducing HIV/AIDS infections, which is the requirement of MDG 6. Similarly, we have attained MDG 4, on child mortality, which is a major achievement as compared to where we were in 2000. But it is depressing that we are not on track with regard to MDG 5, with regard to maternal health. We are intensifying efforts to do better in order to improve the health of women in Tanzania. With regard to MDG 7, on environmental sustainability, we are on target with regard to drinking water for the urban population, but we are lagging behind when it comes to rural water supply and access to improved sanitation, both in rural and urban areas. We have not relented in our pursuit of the MDG targets that we are not likely to achieve by 2015. That will be the unfinished business on which we will probably need to take action over and above what we are