Resources

Here are some resources to help inform and inspire you to take part in the World Water Day 2024 campaign on ‘Water for Peace’.

Campaign resources

• Activation kit
• Certificate
• Visual identifier (zip file)
• Fact Sheet
• Poster (zip file)
• Social media kit (zip file)

UN-Water

• Blueprint for Acceleration: Sustainable Development Goal 6 Synthesis Report on Water and Sanitation 2023
• UN-Water (2020), UN-Water Policy Brief on the United Nations global water conventions: Fostering sustainable development and peace
• UN World Water Development Report
• Water Facts page on ’Water and peace’
• World Water Day archive of resources and themes
• World Water Day 2024 pivot event (Coming soon)

United Nations

• UN Water Convention (The Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes)
• UN Watercourses Convention (The Convention on the Law of the Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses)
• The Convention on Wetlands (The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat)

UNESCO

• UN World Water Development Report 2024
• Transboundary Aquifers: Challenges and the Way Forward (2022)

UNICEF

• Water under fire – report series on the role of water in conflicts around the world (2021)

OHCHR

• Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to safe drinking water and sanitation: Water as an argument for peace, twinning and cooperation (A/78/253)

World Bank

• GFDRR/World Bank (2018), Assessment of the State of Hydrological Services in Developing Countries

World Health Organization (WHO)

• State of the world's drinking water: An urgent call to action to accelerate progress on ensuring safe drinking water for all

World Health Organization (WHO)

• State of the world's drinking water: An urgent call to action to accelerate progress on ensuring safe drinking water for all

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

• UN Water Convention

Promotional material for young students

Young students are a crucial part of the World Water Day campaign every year. The “Water for Peace” Activation Kit for Schoolchildren teaches them about the importance of water conservation and peace-building through fun and educational activities, with a special focus on using art and football.

ACTIVATION KIT 

For any inquiries related to World Water Day, you can contact: campaigns@unwater.org