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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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UNW-DPC and UN-Habitat UNW-DPC and UN-Habitat are jointly organizing an International Workshop on Drinking Water Loss Reduction: Developing Capacity for Applying Solutions, to be held at UN Campus in Bonn, Germany on 3-5 September 2008. The workshop is aimed at representatives from major cities around the world, and particularly the decision-makers responsible for water supply.

Water loss from distribution systems is a problem in almost all conurbations around the world, but can be a serious issue in areas where water is scarce. This problem deserves immediate attention and appropriate action to reduce avoidable stress on the water resources. Several big cities have already started programmes geared towards stepwise reduction of the losses.


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UN-Water at World Water Week 2008

UN-Water and its members will be very active at the 2008 World Water Week in Stockholm". Please refer to the full programme of the week at www.worldwaterweek.org.



UN-Water at Expo Zaragoza 2008

Already more than 193000 people have visited the Expo Zaragoza during its first weeek of opening. The Expo, “Water and sustainable development”, opened last June 14th and will be open until September 14th. Scientists and experts will meet and discuss about water and sustainable development.


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Report on Integrated Water Resources Management and Water Efficiency


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)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.

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