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• Documents pertaining to specific meetings are available in the meetings and workshops section.
• Also be sure to visit the CSD-documents section for CSD reports/documents related to Water

Document Symbol	Document Title
Op-Ed UN SG’s Advisory Board on Water & Sanitation	Africa's Water & Sanitation Strides - by the Prince of Orange, Chair of the UN Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Water & Sanitation [English] [French]
A/64/169	International Year of Sanitation, 2008 Report of the Secretary-General [Arabic] [Chinese] [English] [French] [Russian] [Spanish]
E/CN.17/2008/11	Review of progress in implementing the decision of the 13th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development on water and sanitation - Report of the Secretary-General [Arabic] [Chinese] [English] [French] [Russian] [Spanish]
A/60/158	Report of the Secretary-General: Actions taken in organizing the activities of the International Decade for Action, Water for Life 2005-2015 [Arabic] [Chinese] [English] [French] [Russian] [Spanish]
E/CN.17/2004/5	Report of the Secretary-General - Sanitation: Progress in meeting the goals, targets and commitments of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation [Arabic] [Chinese] [English] [French] [Russian] [Spanish]
E/CN.17/2004/4	Report of the Secretary-General - Freshwater Management: Progress in meeting the goals, targets and commitments of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21, and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation [Arabic] [Chinese] [English] [French] [Russian] [Spanish]
A/RES/59/228	Activities undertaken during the International Year of Freshwater, 2003, preparations for the International Decade for Action, "water for Life", 2005 - 2015, and further efforts to achieve the sustainable development of water resources [Arabic] [Chinese] [English] [French] [Russian] [Spanish]
A/RES/57/252	International Year of Freshwater [Arabic] [Chinese] [English] [French] [Russian] [Spanish]
A/57/132	Report of the Secretary-General on activities undertaken in preparation for the International Year of Freshwater, 2003 [Arabic] [Chinese] [English] [French] [Russian] [Spanish]
A/56/189	Report of the Secretary-General on the Status of preparations for the International Year of Freshwater, 2003  [Arabic] [Chinese] [English] [French] [Russian] [Spanish]
E/CN.17/2001/PC/17	Report of the Secretary-General on Water: a key resource for sustainable development.  [Arabic] [Chinese] [English] [French] [Russian] [Spanish]
E/CN.17/2000/18	Review of the ACC Subcommittee on Water Resources. [Arabic] [Chinese]  [English] [French] [Russian] [Spanish]
E/CN.17/2000/13	Progress made in providing safe water supply and sanitation for all during the 1990s. [Arabic] [Chinese]  [English] [French] [Russian] [Spanish]
E/CN.17/2000/7/Add.3	Sustainable agriculture and rural development: linkages between agriculture, land and water [Arabic] [Chinese]  [English] [French] [Russian] [Spanish]
E/CN.17/1999/6/Add.3	Addendum to the SG Report on the Barbados Programme of Action - Freshwater Resources [Arabic] [Chinese] [English] [French] [Russian] [Spanish]
E/CN.17/1998/7/Add.3	Freshwater Resources in Small Island Developing States [Arabic] [Chinese] [English] [French] [Russian] [Spanish]
E/CN.17/1998/3	Activities of the Organizations of the UN System in the Field of Freshwater Resources [Arabic] [Chinese] [English] [French] [Russian] [Spanish]
E/CN.17/1998/2	Strategic Approaches to Freshwater Management [Arabic] [Chinese] [English] [French] [Russian] [Spanish]
E/CN.17/1998/2/Add.1	Report of the Expert Group Meeting on Strategic Approaches to Freshwater Management [Arabic] [Chinese] [English] [French] [Russian] [Spanish]
E/CN.17/1997/9	Comprehensive Assessment of the World's Freshwater Resources [Arabic] [Chinese] [English] [French] [Russian] [Spanish]
E/CN.17/1994/4	Freshwater Resources [Chinese] [English] [Russian] [Spanish]

Interagency Activities

Subcommittee Session	Document Title
22	Report of the ACC Subcommittee on Water Resources on its 22th Session
21	Report of the ACC Subcommittee on Water Resources on its 21th Session
20	Report of the ACC Subcommittee on Water Resources on its 20th Session
19	Report of the ACC Subcommittee on Water Resources on its 19th Session

Background Papers

Document	Document Title
Background Paper #13	Industry and freshwater
Background Paper #14	A practical approach to the problem of water
Background Paper #15	Industry and freshwater: technology and water resources management - next steps
Background Paper #16	Role of governments in regulating industrial water activities