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DUSHANBE DECLARATION ON WATER has been published in six official UN languages and circulated among the UN member-states as a document of the General Assembly at the sixty-fifth session (A/65/88 English. French. Russian. Arab. Chinese. Spanish)
The HLIC on the Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the
International Decade for Action "Water for Life" 2005-2015 adopted
2010 DUSHANBE DECLARATION ON WATER
At the beginning of the second decade of the 21st century, as result of increasing economic, social and environmental pressure and crises, freshwater has moved to the top of the international agenda as an issue for global concern and action. The vast majority of nations as well as major groups recognize that the proper venue for addressing such a planetary challenge is the United Nations, as the most universal and neutral international body in existence today.
Accordingly, the UN General Assembly adopted two important resolutions declaring 2003 the International Year of Fresh Water and proclaiming the period from 2005 to 2015 the International Decade of Action, "Water for Life".
The year 2010 marks the mid-point of the International Decade tor Action, "Water for Life" and provides an opportunity for a mid-term comprehensive review of achievements during the first half of the Decade, with the provision of policy guidance for the remainder of the Decade, with a view to accelerating progress towards the water-related internationally-agreed development goals.
Taking into consideration the importance of the full involvement of all relevant stakeholders, including women, children, older persons, persons with disabilities, indigenous people and other local communities, in the implementation of the International Decade at all levels, including its midterm comprehensive review, the UN General Assembly on 21 December 2009 adopted new resolution (64/198) that provides for:
- High-level interactive dialogue (HLID) of the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly on the implementation of the International Decade to be hold in New York on 22 March 2010, World Water Day;
- High-level international conference on the mid-term comprehensive review of the implementation of the International Decade for Action 'Water for life' 2005-2015 to be hold on 8-10 June 2010 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
Conference information (download)
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