March 22

World Water Day

In 1993, the United Nations General Assembly declared March 22 as “World Day for Water”. The UN had responded to a proposal made in 1992 at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). It is a means of focusing attention on water as a resource and advocating for its continued management. A campaign is held every year and people are made to understand the importance of quality and quantity of water. Each year one of the UN agencies promotes activities related to water issues.

The theme for the year 2010 is “Clean water for a healthy world.” The previous themes have been on trans boundary waters, sanitation, coping with water scarcity, water and culture, water for life, water and disasters, water for the future, water for development, water and health, water for the 21st century, everyone lives downstream, groundwater-the invisible resource, the world water, is there enough?, water for thirsty cities, women and water and caring for our water resources is everyone’s business.