World Water Day has been monitored on March 22 ever since 1993 when the United Nations General Assembly acknowledged March 22 as World Day for Water. This day was first officially projected in Agenda 21 of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Adherence began in 1993 and has full-fledged radically ever since; for the general public to demonstrate support, it is confident for the public to not use their taps right through the whole day, the day has been converted into a popular Face book trend.
The purpose of World Water Day 2011 is to spotlight international interest on the bang on urban water systems of factors such as quick urban population growth, industrialization, conflicts, natural disasters and the uncertainties reigned by ambiance amend.
The UN and its member nations allocate this daytime to implementing UN recommendations and promoting real actions inside their countries regarding the world's water resources. Every year, one of assorted UN agencies implicated in water issues takes the escort in promoting and coordinating international actions for World Water Day. From the time when its inception in 2003, UN-Water has been accountable for selecting the topic, messages and direct UN agency for the World Day for Water.
In addition to the UN member states, a number of NGOs promoting clean water and sustainable marine habitats have used World Day for Water as a moment in time to focus public attention on the decisive water issues of our period. Every three years since 1997, for occasion, the World Water Council has drawn thousands to take part in its World Water Forum for the era of the week of World Day for Water. Participating agencies and NGOs have tinted issues such as a billion people being devoid of access to safe water for drinking and the role of gender in family contact to safe water. In 2003, 2006 and 2009, the UN World Water Development Report was instigated on the circumstance of the World Water Day. The fourth Report is anticipated to be out around March 22, 2012. International World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing consideration on the weight of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable administration of freshwater reserves. Every year, World Water Day highlights an explicit facet of freshwater.
22 March 2011: Water for Cities: Responding to the Urban Challenge
2011 theme is "Water for cities: responding to the urban challenge," aspires to draw attention to and persuade governments, organizations, communities, and individuals to enthusiastically fit into place in addressing water quality through urban water management.A new theme is allocated to each different year for World Water Day.
World Water Day Themes
2010: Clean Water for a Healthy World2009: Shared Water - Shared Opportunities
2008: Sanitation
2007: Coping with Water Scarcity
2006: Water and Culture
2005: Water for Life
2004: Water and Disasters
2003: Water for the Future
2002: Water for Development
2001: Water and Health
2000: Water for the 21st Century
1999: Everyone Lives Downstream
1998: Groundwater: the Invisible Resource
1997: The World's Water, Is There Enough?
1996: Water for Thirsty Cities
1995: Women and Water
1994: Caring for Our Water Resources is everyone's Business
These days, one in two people on the planet live in a city. The world's cities are rising at an exceptional rate and urbanization is a gamut. The chief motive they are growing is because of natural increase in urban inhabitants, but also due to rural-to-urban migration and reclassification of rural areas to urban areas.
93% of the urbanization occurs in poor or developing countries, and nearly 40% of the world's urban development is growing slums. Amid 1990-2001 the world's slums augmented at a rate of 18 million people a year, and are anticipated to boost to 27 million new slum citizens per year stuck between 2005-2020.
What do people do?
- Many events are held universal for the duration of World Water Day.
These embrace: - Visual art, theatrical and melodious celebrations of water.
- Symposia for local, national and international leaders on water administration and safety measures.
- Educational events on the significance of clean water and protecting water resources.
- Campaigns and actions to hoist money for access to clean and affordable water.
- Excursions to confined rivers, lakes and reservoirs.
- Extraordinary broadcasts on television and radio and the Internet.
- Walks, runs and swimming other sports competitions.
The UN General Assembly espoused an oath on December 22, 1992, declaring March 22 to be the World Day for Water each year. Countries were expectant to build up actions to draw attention to confined needs for water. The first World Day for Water was monitored in 1993.
The Water for Life Decade was commenced on World Water Day in 2005. This decade will scuttle from 2005 to 2015 and give a lofty contour to women's involvement and the UN's water-related programs.