WORLD WATER DAY - 22 MARCH 2011

I supposed to promote this campaign a while ago but i forgot about this world wide event. To promote awareness is one of my agenda using this blog, but i forgot. Just a little reminder about this event, i would like to share a little bit info about it today.

International World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources.

An international day to celebrate freshwater was recommended at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). The United Nations General Assembly responded by designating 22 March 1993 as the first World Water Day.

Each year, World Water Day highlights a specific aspect of freshwater. Here are lists of WWD celebration with each year theme since 1994.

• 2010 -- Clean Water For a Healthy World
• 2009 -- Shared Water - Shared Opportunities
• 2008 -- International Year of Sanitation
• 2007 -- Coping with Water Scarcity
• 2006 -- Water and Culture
• 2005 -- Water for Life 2005 - 2015
• 2004 -- Water and Disasters
• 2003 -- Water for the Future
• 2002 -- Water for Development
• 2001 -- Water for Health - Taking Charge
• 2000 -- Water for the 21st Century
• 1999 -- Everyone Lives Downstream
• 1998 -- Groundwater - The Invisible Resource
• 1997 -- The Worlds Water - Is there Enough
• 1996 -- Water for Thirsty Cities
• 1995 -- Women and Water
• 1994 -- Caring for Our Water Resources is Everyone's Business

The main event for World Water Day 2011 was celebrated at Cape Town from 20th - 22nd March 2011. The African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW) is pleased to join UN-HABITAT and UN-Water in co-organizing the official World Water Day 2011 event. Ceremonies was hosted by the Government of South Africa at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.

Here is a bit of World Water Day 2011:

• This is the first time in human history that most of the world's population live in cities: 3.3 billion people ...and the urban landscape continues to grow.
• 38% of the growth is represented by expanding slums, while the city populations are increasing faster than city infrastructure can adapt.
• The objective of World Water Day 2011 is to focus international attention on the impact of rapid urban population growth, industrialization and uncertainties caused by climate change, conflicts and natural disasters on urban water systems.
• This year theme, Water for cities: responding to the urban challenge, aims to spotlight and encourage governments, organizations, communities, and individuals to actively engage in addressing the challenges of urban water management.

To read more and find more information about this year WWD event, do visit this site World Water Day 2011. Most of the info that i shared here also i get from this site. Happy Reading and let's support this campaign. Hope i can do something about this event too for next year. Till then!

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Taken at Muaya Waterfall, Sipitang