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UNESCO - Water a shared responsibility:
The United Nations World Water Development Report
Abstract
Water is an essential life-sustaining element. It pervades our lives and is deeply embedded
in our cultural backgrounds. The basic human needs of a secure food supply and freedom from
disease depend on it. Social development – endeavours such as the smooth functioning of
hospitals – likewise relies on the availability of clean water. Economic development requires energy
resources and industrial activities, and both are in turn water-dependent. The provision of
sanitation for girls in schools offers yet another example of water’s broader links – it has positive
effects on hygiene and health, keeps girls in school, and helps to safeguard the natural
environment. For these reasons and many more, access to safe drinking water and sanitation is
both a development target in its own right and integrally linked to achieving all the Millennium
Development Goals.
The United Nations World Water Development Report is the flagship publication of UN-Water,
the inter-agency mechanism established to coordinate the activities of all United Nations agencies
and entities working in the area of freshwater resources. First published in 2003 as a contribution
to the International Year of Freshwater, the Report is produced by UN-Water’s World Water
Assessment Programme (WWAP). Working closely with governments, non-governmental
organizations, civil society groups and the private sector, WWAP monitors water problems,
provides recommendations for meeting future demand, and develops case studies in order to
promote informed discussion of freshwater issues.
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