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Dates |
Events |
Outcomes |
Quotations
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1972
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UN Conference on
the Human Environment, Stockholm
Preservation and enhancement of the human environment |
Declaration of
the UN Conference on the Human Environment |
'A point has
been reached in history when we must shape our actions
throughout the world with a more prudent care for their
environmental consequences.'
(6. Declaration of the UN Conference on the Human
Environment)
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1977 |
UN Conference on
Water, Mar del Plata
Assessment of water resources Water use and efficiency |
Mar del Plata
Action Plan (MPAP) |
'... relatively
little importance has been attached to water resources
systematic measurement. The processing and compilation of
data have also been seriously neglected.'
(Recommendation A: Assessement of water resources, Mar del
Plata Action Plan)
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1981 - 1990 |
International
Drinking Water and Sanitation Decade |
"Despite the
failure to meet the quantitative goals, much was learnt
from the experience of the water and sanitation decade...
There was further realisation of the importance of
comprehensive and balance country-specific approaches to
the water and sanitation problem. Most importantly,
perhaps, was the realisation that the achievement of this
goal that was set at the beginning of the decade would
take far more time and cost far more money than was
originally thought."
(CHOGUILL C., FRANCEYS R., COTTON A., Planning for water
and sanitation, 1993)
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1990 |
Global
Consultation on Safe Water and Sanitation for the 1990's,
New Delhi
Safe drinking water, environmental sanitation |
New Delhi Statement:
"Some for all rather than more for some" |
Safe water and
proper means of waste disposal ... must be at the center of
integrated water resources management'
(Environment and health, New Delhi Statement)
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World Summit for
Children, New York
Health, food supply |
Declaration on
the Survival, Protection and Development of Children |
We will promote
the provision of clean water in all communities for all
their children, as well as universal access to sanitation.'
(18. World Declaration on the Survival, Protection and
Development of Children)
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Beginning of the International Decade for Natural Disaster
Reduction (1990 - 2000) |
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1992 |
International
Conference on Water and the Environment, Dublin
Economic value of water, women, poverty, resolving
conflicts, natural disasters, awareness |
Dublin Statement
on Water and Sustainable Development |
Principle 1 :
'Fresh water is a finite and vulnerable resource,
essential to sustain life, development and the
environment'
Principle 2 : 'Water development and management should be
based on a participatory approach, involving users,
planners and policy-makers at all levels'
Principle 3 : 'Women play a central part in the provision,
management and safeguarding of water'
Principle 4 : 'Water has an economic value in all its
competing uses and should be recognized as an economic
good'
(Guiding principles. The Dublin Statement on Water and
sustainable Development)
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UN Conference on
environment and Development (UNCED Earth Summit), Rio de
Janeiro
Cooperation issue, water economics, participation,
drinking water and sanitation, human settlements,
sustainable development, food production, climate change |
Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
Agenda 21 |
'establishing a
new and equitable global partnership through the creation
of new levels of cooperation among States, key sector
societies and people.'
(Rio Declaration)
'The holistic management of freshwater ... and the
integration of sectoral water plans and programmes within
the framework of national economic and social policy, are
of paramount importance for action in the 1990s and
beyond.'
(Agenda 21, Section 2, Chapter 18)
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1994 |
Ministerial
Conference on Drinking Water Supply and Environmental
Sanitation, Noordwijk
Drinking water supply and sanitation |
Action Programme |
'To assign high
priority to programmes designed to provide basic
sanitation and excreta disposal systems to urban and rural
areas.'
(Action Programme)
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UN International
Conference on Population and Development |
Programme of
Action |
To ensure that
population, environmental and poverty eradication factors
are integrated in sustainable development policies, plans
and programmes.'
(Chapter III - Interrelationships between population,
sustained economic growth and sustainable development, C-
Population and Environment, Programme of Action)
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1995 |
World Summit for
Social Development, Copenhagen
Poverty, water supply and sanitation |
Copenhagen
Declaration on the Social Development |
'To focus our
efforts and policies to address the root causes of poverty
and to provide for the basic needs of all. These efforts
should include the provision of ... safe drinking water
and sanitation.'
(Chapter I - Resolutions adopted by the Summit, Commitment
2, b. Copenhagen Declaration)
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UN Fourth World
Conference on Women, Beijing
Gender issues, water supply and sanitation |
Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action |
'Ensure the
availability of and universal access to safe drinking
water and sanitation and put in place effective public
distribution systems as soon as possible.'
(106 x ,Beijing Declaration)
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1996 |
UN Conference on
Human Settlements (Habitat II), Istanbul
Sustainable human settlements development in an urbanizing
world |
The Habitat
Agenda |
'We shall also
promote healthy living environments, especially through
the provision of adequate quantities of safe water and
effective management of waste.'
(10. The Habitat Agenda, Istanbul Declaration on Human
Settlements)
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World Food
Summit, Rome
Food, health, water and sanitation |
Rome Declaration
on World Food Security |
'To combat
environmental threats to food security, in particular,
drought and desertification ... restore and rehabilitate
the natural resource base, including water and watersheds,
in depleted and overexploited areas to achieve greater
production.'
(Plan of Action, Objective 3.2, Rome Declaration)
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1997 |
1st World Water
Forum, Marrakech
Water and sanitation, management of shared waters,
preserving ecosystems, gender equity, efficient use of
water |
Marrakech
Declaration |
'... to
recognize the basic human needs to have access to clean
water and sanitation, to establish an effective mechanism
for management of shared waters, to support and preserve
ecosystems, to encourage the efficient use of water...'
(Marrakech Declaration)
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2000
(March) |
2nd World Water
Forum, the Hague
Water for people, water for food, water and nature, water
in rivers, sovereignty, interbasin water education |
World Water
Vision: Making Water Everybody's Business |
'- Involve all
stakeholders in integrated management;
- Move to full-cost pricing of water services;
- Increase public funding for research and innovation;
- Increase cooperation in international water basins;
- Massively increase investments in water'
(Vision Statement and Key Messages, World Water Vision)
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7 challenges:
Meeting basic needs, Securing the food supply, Protecting
ecosystems, Sharing water resources, Managing risks,
Valuing water, Governing water wisely |
Ministerial
Conference on Water Security in the 21st Century |
'We will
continue to support the UN system to re-assess
periodically the state of freshwater resources and related
ecosystems, to assist countries, where appropriate, to
develop systems to measure progress towards the
realisation of targets and to report in the biennial
World Water Development Report as part of the overall
monitoring of Agenda 21.'
(Ministerial Declaration, 7.B)
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UN Millenium
Declaration |
We resolve ...
to halve, by the year 2015 ... the proportion of people who
are unable to reach or to afford safe drinking water.'
(UN Millenium Declaration, 19.)
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End of the International Decade for Natural Disaster
Reduction (1990 - 2000)
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2001 |
International
Conference on Freshwater, Bonn
Water - key to sustainable developmentGovernance,
mobilising financial resources, capacity building, sharing
knowledge |
Ministerial Declaration
Recommendations for action |
'Combating
poverty is the main challenge for achieving equitable and
sustainable development, and water plays a vital role in
relation to human health, livelihood, economic growth as
well as sustaining ecosystems.'
(Ministerial Declaration)
'The conference recommends priority actions under the
following three headings:
- Governance
- Mobilising financial resources
- Capacity building and sharing knowledge'
(Bonn Recommendations for Action)
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2002 |
World Summit on
Sustainable development, Rio+10, Johannesburg |
Political
Declaration |
'specific
programme priorities … [include] poverty eradication,
changing unsustainable consumption and production
patterns, water and sanitation, energy, health,
agriculture and biodiversity.'
(Political Declaration, 12.)
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2003
International
Year of Freshwater |
3d World Water
Forum, Japan, 16-23 March 2003,
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1st edition of
the World Water Development Report
3rd World
Water Forum Concludes 100 New Commitments Made
Summary of the
3rd World Water Forum and ministerial conf.
Virtual Water
Forum Final Report |
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