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–2010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in DevelopingCountries, Particularly in Africa (2001), para. 19
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- 7. Reiterates the need to ensure that measures to reduce malaria transmission risks, including environmental management, are included in development planning and activities;
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Activities undertaken during the International Year of Freshwater, 2003, preparations for the International Decade for Action, “Water for Life”, 2005–2015, and further efforts to achieve the sustainable development of water resources (2005), para. 05
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- Reaffirming the internationally agreed development goals on water and sanitation, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 5 and determined to achieve the goal to halve, by 2015, the proportion of people who are unable to reach or to afford safe drinking water, and the goals set out in the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation to halve the proportion of people without access to basic sanitation as well as to develop integrated water resources management and water efficiency plans by 2005, with support to developing countries,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Water & Sanitation
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Activities undertaken during the International Year of Freshwater, 2003, preparations for the International Decade for Action, “Water for Life”, 2005–2015, and further efforts to achieve the sustainable development of water resources (2005), para. 07
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- Noting that the Fourth World Water Forum will take place in Mexico in March 2006,
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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Activities undertaken during the International Year of Freshwater, 2003, preparations for the International Decade for Action, “Water for Life”, 2005–2015, and further efforts to achieve the sustainable development of water resources (2005), para. 08
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- Taking note with interest of the establishment of the Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation by the Secretary-General, 8 and looking forward to its contribution to the mobilization of efforts and resources towards the implementation of the commitments, goals and targets agreed upon in those areas,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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Activities undertaken during the International Year of Freshwater, 2003, preparations for the International Decade for Action, “Water for Life”, 2005–2015, and further efforts to achieve the sustainable development of water resources (2005), para. 11
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- 3. Encourages Member States, the Secretariat, organizations of the United Nations system and major groups to continue their efforts to achieve the internationally agreed water-related goals contained in Agenda 21, 1 the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21, 2 the United Nations Millennium Declaration 5 and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation;
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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Activities undertaken during the International Year of Freshwater, 2003, preparations for the International Decade for Action, “Water for Life”, 2005–2015, and further efforts to achieve the sustainable development of water resources (2005), para. 12
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- 4. Welcomes the work of the twelfth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, and looks forward to the upcoming thirteenth session of the Commission on the thematic cluster of issues on water, sanitation and human settlements;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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Activities undertaken during the International Year of Freshwater, 2003, preparations for the International Decade for Action, “Water for Life”, 2005–2015, and further efforts to achieve the sustainable development of water resources (2005), para. 13
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- 5. Invites the Secretary-General to take appropriate actions in organizing the activities of the International Decade for Action, “Water for Life”, 2005–2015, taking into account the results of the International Year of Freshwater and the work of the Commission on Sustainable Development at its twelfth and thirteenth sessions;
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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Activities undertaken during the International Year of Freshwater, 2003, preparations for the International Decade for Action, “Water for Life”, 2005–2015, and further efforts to achieve the sustainable development of water resources (2005), para. 15
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- 7. Notes with interest the partnership initiatives on water and sanitation undertaken within the framework of the World Summit on Sustainable Development and in the follow-up to the Summit and in accordance with the criteria and guidelines adopted by the Commission on Sustainable Development at its eleventh session; 10
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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Activities undertaken in preparation for the International Year of Freshwater, 2003 (2003), para. 05
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- Recalling the commitment made at the World Summit on Sustainable Development to launch programmes of action, with financial and technical assistance, to achieve the Millennium development goal on safe drinking water, namely, to halve by 2015 the proportion of people who are unable to reach or to afford safe drinking water, as outlined in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 5 and the goal of the Summit to halve the proportion of people without access to basic sanitation, 6 Recalling also its resolution 53/199 of 15 December 1998 on the proclamation of international years,
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- Equality & Inclusion
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Activities undertaken in preparation for the International Year of Freshwater, 2003 (2003), para. 06
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- Noting the efforts made in preparation for the Third World Water Forum and International Ministerial Conference, to be held in Japan in March 2003, and for the elaboration of the “World Water Development Report”,
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (Addis Ababa Action Agenda) (2015), para. 019
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- 14. Establishing a new forum to bridge the infrastructure gap. Investing in sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including transport, energy, water and sanitation for all, is a pre-requisite for achieving many of our goals. To bridge the global infrastructure gap, including the $1 trillion to $1.5 trillion annual gap in developing countries, we will facilitate development of sustainable, accessible and resilient quality infrastructure in developing countries through enhanced financial and technical support. We welcome the launch of new infrastructure initiatives aimed at bridging these gaps, including the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the Global Infrastructure Hub, the New Development Bank, the Asia Pacific Project Preparation Facility, the World Bank Group’s Global Infrastructure Facility and the Africa50 Infrastructure Fund, as well as the increase in the capital of the Inter-American Investment Corporation. As a key pillar to meet the sustainable development goals, we call for the establishment of a global infrastructure forum building on existing multilateral collaboration mechanisms, led by the multilateral development banks. This forum will meet periodically to improve alignment and coordination among established and new infrastructure initiatives, multilateral and national development banks, United Nations agencies and national institutions, development partners and the private sector. It will encourage a greater range of voices to be heard, particularly from developing countries, to identify and address infrastructure and capacity gaps in particular in least developed countries, landlocked developing countries, small island developing States and African countries. It will highlight opportunities for investment and cooperation and work to ensure that investments are environmentally, socially and economically sustainable.
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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Agricultural technology for sustainable development (2020), para. 46
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- 18. Underlines the importance of the sustainable use and management of water resources to increase and contribute to agricultural productivity, calls upon stakeholders to promote integrated water resources management in agriculture and adapt agricultural systems to improve their overall water efficiency and water productivity, and their resilience to water stresses, inter alia, b y developing and implementing adaptive water and agricultural strategies and action plans based on a comprehensive approach to the long-term availability and variability of all water sources, reducing water scarcity risks through integrated water resources management options, designing and implementing agricultural and landscape management practices that increase the resilience of agricultural systems to water stress and reduce pollution, making rain-fed agriculture systems a more reliable option, investing in an enabling environment and mobilizing the full set of tools available to them, and calls for further efforts to develop and strengthen irrigation facilities and water-saving technology, which can also enhance resilience to the current and projected ad verse impacts of climate change;
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- Environment
- Water & Sanitation
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition (2020), para. 16
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- Recalling the United Nations strategic plan for forests 2017–2030, 22 acknowledging that forests provide essential products and ecosystem services, such as timber, food, fuel, fodder, non-wood products and shelter, as well as soil and water conservation and clean air, that sustainable management of forests and trees outside forests is vital to the integrated implementation of the 2030 Agenda and that forests prevent land degradation and desertification and reduce the risks of floods, landslides and avalanches, droughts, dust and sand storms and other disasters, and stressing in this regard the role of all types of forests, including boreal, temperate and tropical forests, in providing food security and nutrition,
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- Environment
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition (2020), para. 28
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- Emphasizing that water is critical for sustainable development and the eradication of poverty and hunger, that water, energy, food security and nutrition are linked and that water is indispensable for human development, health and well -being,
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- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Poverty
- Water & Sanitation
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization of la Francophonie (2017), para. 49
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- (e) Water as an instrument of cooperation, prevention, sustainable p eace and human development;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States (2019), para. 07
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- Commending the resolutions and recommendations of the thirteenth sectoral meeting between the United Nations and the League of Arab States and their specialized organizations, held in Cairo in October 2017, on the theme “Cooperation on the preservation and management of water resources in the Arab region ”, as well as the fourteenth general cooperation meeting between the United Nations and the __________________ League of Arab States, held in Geneva in July 2018, at which challenges and threats undermining international peace and stability, as well as the strengthening of joint cooperation in all areas between the two organizations, were addressed,
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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Cooperation between the United Nations and the Southern African Development Community (1998), para. 31
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- 15. Appeals to the United Nations, its related organs and the international community to extend appropriate assistance to the Community Water Sector and to States members of the Community in order that they may advance further in the implementation of the Protocol on Shared Watercourse Systems of 1995 and in their preparations for the Community Water Sector Round-table Conference scheduled for October 1998;
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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Disaster risk reduction (2018), para. 32
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- 13. Acknowledges that water is essential to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, 14 and that water-related disasters and multidimensional hazards threaten lives, livelihoods, agriculture and basic service infrastructure and cause substantial socioeconomic damage and losses, and that sustainable and integrated water resource management is necessary for successful disaster preparedness, disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, and in this regard invites all countries to integrate land and water management, including for floods and droughts, into their national and subnational planning and management processes;
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- Environment
- Water & Sanitation
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Disaster risk reduction (2020), para. 37
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- 13. Acknowledges that water is essential to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, that water-related disasters and multidimensional hazards threaten lives, livelihoods, agriculture and basic service infrastruc ture and cause substantial socioeconomic damage and losses, and that sustainable, integrated disaster risk-informed water resource management is necessary for successful disaster preparedness, disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, and in t his regard invites all countries to integrate land and water management, including for floods and droughts, into their national and subnational planning and management processes;
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- Environment
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Draft outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly of September 2005 (2005), para. 115
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- (h) To assist developing countries’ efforts to prepare integrated water resources management and water efficiency plans as part of their national development strategies and to provide access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation in accordance with the Millennium Declaration 1 and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, 3 including halving by 2015 the proportion of people who are unable to reach or afford safe drinking water and who do not have access to basic sanitation;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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Draft outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals (2010), para. 036
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- (h) Implementing social policies and programmes, including appropriate conditional cash-transfer programmes, and investing in basic services for health, education, water and sanitation;
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- Social & Cultural Rights
- Water & Sanitation
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Draft outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals (2010), para. 198
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- (h) Continuing to increase sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation by prioritizing integrated water and sanitation strategies, which include the restoration, upgrading and maintenance of infrastructure, including water pipelines and sewage networks, as well as promoting integrated water management in national planning and exploring innovative ways of improving the tracking and monitoring of water quality;
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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Draft outcome document of the High-level ReviewMeeting on the Implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (2010), para. 33
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- 22. Note with concern that water quality and availability constitute serious constraints in small island developing States, and, although some small island developing States are implementing measures such as demand-side management, wastewater treatment, enhancing water-use efficiency and increasing public awareness, such efforts are hampered by financial and capacity constraints, and request the international community to provide assistance to small island developing States for capacity-building for the development and further implementation of freshwater and sanitation programmes;
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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Economic assistance for the reconstruction and development of Djibouti (2004), para. 08
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- Expressing its concern at the severe shortage of drinkable water and the dramatic projected figures for the year 2020 as reflected in the report of the Secretary-General, 5
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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Final review and appraisal of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s and support for the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (2002), para. 36
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- 21. Further calls upon developed countries to channel financial, technical and other types of resources towards the priorities of the New Partnership, in particular infrastructural development, health services, education, water and agriculture, in accordance with the priorities determined by each African country, and to explore ways of generating new public and private innovative sources of finance for development purposes, provided that those sources do not unduly burden developing countries, particularly in Africa, and in this regard notes the proposal for the use of special drawing rights allocations for development purposes;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Water & Sanitation
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First United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997), para. 16
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- 5. Also recommends that the causes of poverty be addressed in the context of sectoral strategies such as those on environment, food security, population, migration, health, shelter, human resources development, fresh water, including clean water and sanitation, rural development and productive employment, and by addressing the specific needs of vulnerable groups, all of which should aim at the social and economic integration of people living in poverty;
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- Environment
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Water & Sanitation
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Follow-up to and implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (2015), para. 20
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- 4. Recalls the sustainable development priorities for small island developing States identified in the Samoa Pathway, namely sustained and sustainable, inclusive and equitable economic growth with decent work for all (development models in small island developing States for the implementation of sustainable development and poverty eradication and sustainable tourism), climate change, sustainable energy, disaster risk reduction, oceans and seas, food security and nutrition, water and sanitation, sustainable transportation, sustainable consumption and production, management of chemicals and waste, including hazardous waste, health and non-communicable diseases, gender equality and women’s empowerment, social development (culture and sport, promoting peaceful societies and safe communities, and education), biodiversity (desertification, land degradation and drought, and forests), invasive alien species, means of implementation, including partnerships (partnerships, financing, trade, capacity- building, technology, data and statistics, and institutional support for small island developing States), the priorities of the small island developing States for the post-2015 development agenda and monitoring and accountability;
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- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Water & Sanitation
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Follow-up to and implementation of the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway and the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (2019), para. 20
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- Recognizing the importance of water and sanitation for sustainable development, especially in atoll nations, to address the range of issues around sea level rise, salt water intrusion and changes in rainfall patterns, and in this regard acknowledging the launch by the General Assembly of the International Decade for Action, “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018–2028,
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- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Water & Sanitation
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Follow-up to the International Year of Sanitation, 2008 (2011), para. 06
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- Reaffirming the need to continue to increase sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation by prioritizing integrated water and sanitation strategies, which include the restoration, upgrading and maintenance of infrastructure, including water pipelines and sewage networks, as well as promoting integrated water management in national planning and exploring innovative ways of improving the tracking and monitoring of water quality,
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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Follow-up to the International Year of Sanitation, 2008 (2011), para. 09
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- Appreciating the ongoing work in the United Nations system and the work of other intergovernmental organizations on sanitation,
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