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Related Events

The Water Events Section of the UNESCO Water Portal

World Water Day (WWD) 2006 will be guided by the theme "Water and Culture" under the leadership of UNESCO. The WWD 2006 website will be available early 2006.

World Water Day (WWD) 2005: with links to previous WWD

The 4th World Water Forum 2006

Information of previous Forums available on: World Water Council (WWC)

Dushanbe International Water Forum, 2003

2003 International Year of Freshwater

 

UN-Water Interagency Activities

UN-Water members and their respective Water portals

World Water Assessment Programme

WHO and UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for water supply and sanitation

Interagency Task Force on Gender and Water (GWTF)

E-Network on Strategic Planning and Management of Water Resources in the Asia and the Pacific Region: An FAO-UNESCAP Initiative

More Information from Division for Sustainable Development (DESA)

 

UN-Water External Partners

Columbia University - International Research Institute for Climate Prediction

EUWI - European Water Initiative

GWP - Global Water Partnership

IAH - International Association of Hydrogeologists

IAHS – International Association of Hydrological Sciences

ICID – International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage

IPTRID – The International Programme for Technology and Research in Irrigation and Drainage

IUCN – International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

IWA – International Water Association

IWMI – International Water Management Institute

Public Services International

Ramsar Convention on Wetlands – Secretariat

WSSCC – Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council

WWC – Word Water Council

 

Other UN Resources

UN Secretary General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation

Water-related links available from Division for Sustainable Development, DESA

UN system water-related agencies and events

UNESCO Education for Sustainable Development: United Nations Decade (2005-2014)

International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction

UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

UN Framework for Climate Change

Small Islands, Big Issues, Press Releases/Statements and Media Inquiries on SIDS and Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) Network

United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education, 1995-2004

UN-Oceans

UN Millennium Project

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development

United Nations Library

UN Newscentre

 

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