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Message of the Secretary General...
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Human Community Should be Linked in Common
Effort to Protect, Share Water Equitably, Sustainably, Peacefully.
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Kofi Annan
United Nations Secretary-General
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The idea for World Water Day originates from the 1992 UN Conference on
Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro-the Earth Summit,
following which the UN General Assembly dedicated 22 March to
activities related to the conservation and development of water
resources.
- Klaus Toepfer
United Nations Under Secretary-General and
Executive Director, UNEP |
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The Executive Summary of the UN World Water Development Report is
available online...
 Why Water is the Big
Issue
� at any given moment almost half the developing world's people are
sick from unsafe water and sanitation.
� lack of water supply and sanitation robs millions of dignity,
energy, and time.
� frequent disease is the main cause of poor growth and early death.
� for a third of the world the real environmental crisis is squalor,
smells and disease on the doorstep.
� half of the developing world�s hospital beds are occupied by
victims of unsafe water and poor sanitation.
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