United Nations
A/RES/56/192
General Assembly
Distr.: General
7 February 2002
Fifty-sixth session
Agenda item 98
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/56/561/Add.8)]
56/192. Status of preparations for the International Year of
Freshwater, 2003
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 55/196 of 20 December 2000, in which it proclaimed
2003 as the International Year of Freshwater,
Recalling also the provisions of Agenda 21, 1 the Programme for the Further
Implementation of Agenda 21 adopted at its nineteenth special session2 and
decisions of the Economic and Social Council and those of the Commission on
Sustainable Development at its sixth session, 3 relating to freshwater,
Recalling further its resolution 53/199 of 15 December 1998 on the
proclamation of international years,
Reaffirming the goal of reducing by half, between 2000 and 2015, the
proportion of people who are unable to reach or to afford safe drinking water,
Noting the efforts for the preparations for the Third World Water Forum, to be
held in Japan in March 2003, and for the elaboration of the World Water
Development Report,
Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General, 4
1.
Welcomes the activities undertaken by States, the Secretariat,
organizations of the United Nations system that are engaged in inter-agency work
related to freshwater and major groups in preparation for the observance of the
International Year of Freshwater, 2003, and encourages them to continue their
efforts;
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1
Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro,
3–14 June 1992 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.93.I.8 and corrigenda), vol. I: Resolutions
adopted by the Conference, resolution 1, annex II.
2
Resolution S-19/2, annex.
3
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1998, Supplement No. 9 (E/1998/29).
4
A/56/189.
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