World Water Day
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World Water Day | |
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22 March / Global | |
| Each year, a different United Nations (UN) agency is selected to coordinate events surrounding World Water Day around the world, and a different theme is chosen to reflect the many facets of freshwater resources.
World Water Day (WWD) 2007 will be guided by the theme 'Coping with Water Scarcity' under the leadership of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. | |
| For WWD 2007: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Water Resources, Development and Management Service, 00153 Rome, Italy.
E-mail: [email protected] Website: WWD 07 Fax: + 39 06 57 05 62 75 | |
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The United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/47/193 of 22 December 1992 by which 22 March of each year was declared World Day for Water, to be observed starting in 1993, in conformity with the recommendations of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) contained in Chapter 18 (Fresh Water Resources) of Agenda 21. States were invited to devote the Day, as appropriate in the national context, to concrete activities such as the promotion of public awareness through the publication and diffusion of documentaries and the organization of conferences, round tables, seminars and expositions related to the conservation and development of water resources and the implementation of the recommendations of Agenda 21. | |
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The World Water Day 2006 Website International year of Freshwater 2003 International Decade for Action “Water for Life” 2005 - 2015 See Also International Decade for Action: Water for Life World Water Assessment Programme The Human Rights-Based Approach to Development - The Right to Water HDR 2006 - Beyond Scarcity: Power, Poverty and the Global Water Crisis |
