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In 2003, UN-Water was endorsed as the new official United Nations mechanism for follow-up of the water-related decisions reached at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development and the Millennium Development Goals.

It will support Member States in their efforts to achieve water and sanitation goals and targets.

UN Water's work encompasses all aspects of freshwater, including surface and groundwater resources and the interface between fresh and sea water.

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Managers, whether in the government or private sectors, have to make difficult decisions on water allocation. More and more they have to apportion diminishing supplies between ever-increasing demands. Drivers such as demographic and climatic changes further increase the stress on water resources. The traditional fragmented approach is no longer viable and a more holistic approach to water management is essential. This is the rationale for the Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) approach that has now been accepted internationally as the way forward for efficient, equitable and sustainable development and management of the world’s limited water resources and for coping with conflicting demands. The report is based on a survey covering 104 countries, both developed and developing.


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UN-Water and Global Water Partnership (GWP) Report on Roadmapping


UN-Water and Global Water Partnership (GWP)Presents a Report on Roadmapping for Advancing Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Processes. The report is based on the 2007 Copenhagen Initiative on Water and Development.

The goods and services provided by water play a central role in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) adopted at the Millennium Summit in New Yorkin 2000...

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UN-Water Welcomes International Year Of Sanitation 2008


New UN-Water Report: Water Monitoring: Mapping Existing Global Systems & InitiativesUN-WATER today officially welcomed the International Year of Sanitation 2008 calling for urgent action for the more than 40 per cent of the world's population who continue to live without improved sanitation. It is estimated that 88% of the global burden of disease is attributable to unsafe water supply, lack of sanitation and hygiene and is mostly concentrated on children in developing countries. Every day, this contributes to the deaths of 5,000 children from largely preventable causes, including diarrhoeal diseases and parasites.

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New UN-Water Report: Water Monitoring: Mapping Existing Global Systems & Initiatives

Governments and donors are increasingly called to put in place a uniform and consistent system to monitor the impacts of water-related initiatives.


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