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UN-backed meeting prepares plan to combat growing danger to global water supplies
21 January 2009 - Water supplies for over a billion people around the world are under threat from increasing populations, expanding cities, industrialization, climate change and even the rising demand for food, warned the United Nations, as delegates from more than 60 countries kicked off a meeting today in preparation for the upcoming World Water Forum.
Marking World Water Week, UNICEF calls for boost in sanitation
18 August 2008 - The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has stressed the importance of sanitation and hygiene in schools as events are held around the globe to mark World Water Week, which began yesterday.
Nearly two-thirds of Africans lack access to proper sanitation, UN says
20 March 2008 - Over 60 per cent of Africans lack access to a proper toilet, according to the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) ahead of World Water Day – observed on 22 March – whose 2008 theme is “Sanitation Matters.”
UN marks World Water Day with calls for integrated management of vital resource
22 March 2007 - With some 700 million around the world currently suffering from water scarcity, a figure that could increase to more than 3 billion by 2025, integrated cross-border management of this vital resource is crucial, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today in a message marking World Water Day.
With grim statistics and message of hope, UN marks World Water Day
22 March 2006 - The United Nations marked World Water Day today with calls for more equitable distribution and efficient use of a scarce resource; a grim reminder that 6,000 people, mostly children, die every day from dirty water; and a message of hope for one of the planet’s poorest regions, Africa, springing from its rich potential for irrigation.
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- SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD WATER DAY, CALLS LACK OF POLITICAL WILL BIGGEST CULPRIT IN FAILURE TO ACHIEVE BASIC SANITATION GOAL - 5 March 2008
- SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD WATER DAY, STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF INTEGRATED, SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO MANAGING FRAGILE RESOURCE - 12 March 2007
- IN REMARKS AT LAUNCH OF UN-MTV PARTNERSHIP ON WORLD WATER CRISIS, SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS TO YOUTHS TO CARE, CONSERVE, AND JOIN SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS - 9 August 2006
- IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD WATER DAY, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS ‘NEARLY 6,000 PEOPLE, MAINLY CHILDREN, DIE EVERY DAY OF WATER-RELATED CAUSES’ - 22 March 2006
- THEME OF WORLD WATER DAY ‘WATER AND CULTURE’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY - 17 March 2006
- GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, IN WORLD WATER DAY MESSAGE, CALLS RIGHT TO SAFE DRINKING WATER BASIC TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN DIGNITY - 21 March 2005
- CULTURE OF ‘CARING, SPARING AND SHARING’ MUST BE PROMOTED TO ENSURE CLEAN WATER FOR ALL, SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ON WORLD WATER DAY - 21 March 2003
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