Sunday, March 21, 2010

World Water Day 2010: Clean Water for a Healthy World

wwd2010(120x90) UN-Water is dedicating World Water Day 2010 to the theme of water quality, reflecting its importance alongside quantity of the resource in water management. World Water Day 2010 activities will aim to communicate messages on water quality, ecosystems and human well- being.

  Access the Day’s official website

UNESCO Director-General's message for World Water Day 2010 [PDF - 128 KB]

This message is also available in:
French - Spanish - Russian - Arabic - Chinese

About World Water Day

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). The United Nations General Assembly responded by designating 22 March 1993 as the first World Water Day.

Each year, World Water Day highlights a specific aspect of freshwater. On this page, we present a brief overview of the different themes that have been the focus of World Water Day celebrations.

via [ http://water.org/ ]