UN-Water
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UN-Water was established to promote coherence and coordination in UN System initiatives that are related to UN-Water’s scope of work and contribute to the implementation of the agenda defined by the 2000 Millennium Declaration and the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (Source: http://www.unwater.org/discover.html).
| Name | UN-Water |
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| Geographic Scope | Global |
| Subject Focus Expertise | freshwater, sanitation, surface and groundwater, freshwater-seawater interface, water-related disasters. |
| Contact | E-mail: [email protected] |
| URL | http://www.unwater.org |
| edit · AboutUN-Water | ||
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| Chair | WWAP | UNW-DPC | UNW-DPAC | ||
| UN-Water members on WaterWiki: CBD | FAO (FAO Water) | IAEA | IFAD | UNICEF | UNCTAD | UNCCD | UNDESA | UNDP | UNECA | UNECE | UNECLAC | UNESCAP | UNESCWA | UNESCO (UNESCO-IHE / UNESCO-IHP) | UNEP | UNFCCC | UN-Habitat | UNHCR | UNIDO | UNISDR | UNU | World Bank | WHO | WMO | UNWTO | ||
| UN-Water Partners: AquaFed | The Global Compact | GWP | IAH | IAHS | ICID | IWA | IWMI | PSI | RAMSAR | SIWI | UNSGAB | WSSCC | WBCSD | IUCN | World Water Council | WWF | ||
| UN-Water Task Forces on WaterWiki: UN-Water Country-level Coordination TF | ||
| Key UN-Water Reports: Water Monitoring (Monitoring Task Force report - Aug 08) | UN-Water/reports | ||
| Related WaterWiki-resources: UN World Water Development Report | Water Monitoring | ||
| Key External Links: About UN-Water | About WWAP | World Water Development Report (WWDR) |
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Description
The UN High Level Committee on Programmes (HLCP) in its meeting held on 18-19 September 2003 established "UN-Water as the inter-agency mechanism for follow-up of the WSSD water-related decisions and the MDGs concerning water"[1]. (Source: [http://www.unwater.org/downloads/UNW-terms-of-reference.PDF UN-Water Terms of Reference)
Purpose
According to the official website, UN-Water is aiming at strengthening "coordination and coherence among UN entities dealing with issues related to all aspects of freshwater and sanitation"[2], including surface and groundwater resources, the interface between freshwater and seawater and water-related disasters.
UN-Water focuses on Providing information for a wide range of water practitioners (from decision-makers to the general public), "building the knowledge base on water issues", including water monitoring and reporting systems and "facilitating easy access to this knowledge through regular reports and the Internet, as well as providing a platform for discussions to support the global water policy debate.
Read more on the official UN-Water website...
UN-Water members
UN-Water is composed of "representatives of 26 United Nations organizations" and other, non-UN organizations which are partners in UN-Water:
- UN agency representatives
- CBD - United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity
- FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency
- IFAD - International Fund of Agricultural Development
- UNICEF - United Nations Children’s Fund
- UNCTAD - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- UNCCD - United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
- UNDESA - United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
- UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
- UNECA - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
- UNECE - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
- UNECLAC - United Nations Economic Comm. for Latin America and the Caribbean
- UNESCAP - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
- UNESCWA - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
- UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme
- UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Settlements Programme
- UNHCR - United Nations High Commission for Refugees
- UNIDO - United Nations Industrial Development Organization
- UNISDR - United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
- UNU - United Nations University
- World Bank - The World Bank
- WHO - World Health Organization
- WMO - World Meteorological Organization
- UNWTO - World Tourism Organization
- Partners
- Aquafed - The International federation of Private Water Operators
- The Global Compact
- GWP - The Global Water Partnership
- IAH - International Association of Hydrogeologists
- IAHS International Association of Hydrological Sciences
- ICID - International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage
- IWA International water Association
- IWMI - International Water Management Institute
- PSI Public Service International
- Ramsar - Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
- SIWI - Stockholm International Water Institute
- UNSGAB - United Nations Secretary General's Advisory Board on Water & Sanitation
- WSSCC - Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council
- WBCSD - World Business Council for Sustainable Development
- IUCN - The World Conservation Union
- World Water Council World Water Council
- WWF - World Wildlife Fund for Nature
(Find more details online..)
UN-Water Activities
UN-Water has four specific programs, each with its own work plan, budget and an executing agency co-ordinating the implementation:
- The World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)
- The WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme on Water Supply and Sanitation (JMP)
- The UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development (UNW-DPC)
- The UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Communication (UNW-DPAC)
UN-Water also maintains ad-hoc Task Forces on issues such as Climate Change, Gender and Water, Transboundary Waters, Monitoring (including indicators and reporting), Country-level Coordination, and Sanitation (status April 2009). - (Learn more online...)
Publications
- Further publications (not necessarily by UN-Water) that may be of interest
- Regional Water Intelligence Report on Central Asia
- UN-Water Global Annual Assessment of Drinking Water and Sanitation (GLAAS) 2010
- UN-Water Global Annual Assessment of Drinking Water and Sanitation 2008
- Gender, Water and Sanitation
- UN-Water: Water Monitoring - Mapping Existing Global Systems & Initiatives (Aug 2006)
- UN World Water Development Report
- Roadmapping for Advancing Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Processes
- Meeting the MDG Drinking Water and Sanitation Targets: The Urban and Rural Challenge of the Decade
- 1st United Nations World Water Development Report 'Water for People, Water for Life'
- Water security and peace - A synthesis of studies prepared under the PCCP-Water for Peace process
- Water For Life:Making It Happen
- Updating the International Water Events Database
- The Protection of Water Facilities under International Law
- Status Report on IWRM for CSD16
- State-of-the-Art Report on Systems Analysis Methods for Resolution of Conflicts in Water Resources Management
- Progress in Drinking Water and Sanitation: A special focus on Sanitation
- Meeting the MDG Drinking Water and Sanitation Target: A Mid-Term Assessment of Progress
- Institutions for International Freshwater Management
- History and Future of Shared Water Resources
- Groundwater in international law Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments
- Global Water Supply and Sanitation 2000 Report
- Climate Changes, Water Security and Possible Remedies for the Middle East
- Alternative Dispute Resolution Approaches and their Application
- UN-Water Work Programme 2008-2009
Contacts
No results
References
- ↑ [[Media:UNW-terms-of-reference.pdf|]]
- ↑ http://www.unwater.org/discover.html
See also
External resources
UN-Water 4 pager "A Guide to UN-Water"
Attachment(s)
UNW brochure EN.pdfUNW Workplan-2009 2010.pdfUNW REPORTS.pdf
