WORLD WATER DAY: MARCH 22, 2010: “CLEAN WATER FOR A HEALTHY WORLD”

22 March – World Water Day 2010: Clean Water for a Healthy World

UN-Water is dedicating World Water Day 2010 to the theme of water quality, reflecting its importance alongside quantity of the resource in water management. World Water Day 2010 activities will aim to communicate messages on water quality, ecosystems and human well- being.

Access the Day’s official website

UNESCO Director-General’s message for World Water Day 2010 [PDF – 128 KB]

This message is also available in:
French – Spanish – Russian – Arabic – Chinese

About World Water Day

The United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/47/193 of 22 December 1992 by which 22 March of each year was declared World Day for Water, to be observed starting in 1993, in conformity with the recommendations of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) contained in Chapter 18 (Fresh Water Resources) of Agenda 21. States were invited to devote the Day, as appropriate in the national context, to concrete activities such as the promotion of public awareness through the publication and diffusion of documentaries and the organization of conferences, round tables, seminars and expositions related to the conservation and development of water resources and the implementation of the recommendations of Agenda 21.

Previous Years

	2009: Transboundary Waters
	2008: Sanitation
	2007: Coping with Water Scarcity
	2006: Water and Culture
	2005: Water for Life
	2004: Water and Disasters
	2003: Water for Future
	2002: Water for Development
	2001: Water for Health
	2000: Water for the Twenty-first Century