Water is an essential building block of life. It is
more than just essential to quench thirst or protect health; water is vital for
creating jobs and supporting economic, social, and human development.
Today, there are over 663 million people living without
a safe water supply close to home, spending countless hours queuing or trekking
to distant sources, and coping with the health impacts of using contaminated
water.
International World Water Day is held annually on 22
March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and
advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources.
An international day to celebrate freshwater was
recommended at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro. The United Nations General Assembly
responded by designating 22 March 1993 as the first World Water Day.
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 production and dissemination 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.
Annual themes of World Water Day
2018 – Nature for Water
2017 – Why Waste Water?
2016 – Better Water, Better Jobs
2015 – Water and Sustainable
Development
2014 – Water and Energy
2013:
International Year of Cooperation
2012: Water
and Food Security: The World is Thirsty Because We are Hungry
2011: Water
for cities: responding to the urban challenge.
2010: Clean
Water for a Healthy World
2009: Trans
Waters
2008: Sanitation
2007: Coping
With Water Scarcity
2006: Water
and Culture
2005: Water for Life Decade 2005–2015
2004: Water
and Disasters
2003: Water
for Future
2002: Water
for Development
2001: Water for Health
2000: Water for the 21st century
1999: Everyone Lives Downstream
1998:
Groundwater– The Invisible Resource
1997: The World's Water: Is there enough?
1996: Water for Thirsty Cities
1995: Women and Water
1994: Caring for our Water Resources is Everybody's Business
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