Links to UN bodies
Division for Sustainable Development
Secondary Links
Links
Databases
- Water related database of the United Nations system
(links and other information provided)
DSD Links
United Nations Organisations
The multi-sectoral nature of freshwater resources management is fully reflected in the activities of the organisations of the United Nations system in the field:
- International Decade for Action 'Water for Life' 2005-2015
- International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)
- International Year of Freshwater 2003
World Water Day 2009
- UN CSD WAND – Water Action Network Database
- UN ECA: UN/Water - Africa
- UN ECE: Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
- UN ESCAP: Water Resources Section
- UN ECLAC: Natural Resources and Infrastructure
- UN ESCWA: Water Management
- UN FAO: Land and Water Development Division
- UN Convention on Biological Diversity: Inlands Water Biodiversity
- UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
- UN Framework for Climate Change
- UN SG's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation
- UN-Water
- UNDP and Water
- UNEP: Freshwater
- UNESCO: Water
- UNICEF: Water, environment and sanitation
- WHO: Water
- WMO: Hydrology and water resources programme
- World Bank: Water resources management
Non-Governmental Organisations
- Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC)
- Global Water Partnership (GWP)
- World Water Council (WWC)
- Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)
- International Water Management Institute, Sri Lanka (IWMI)
- Women's Environment and Development Organization
- Water Action Network Database (WAND)
- WaterAid
- Gender and Water Alliance (GWA)