UN-Water
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'''UN-Water''' is a mechanism of the [[United Nations]], endorsed in 2003 for the follow-up process of the 2002 [[World Summit on Sustainable Development]]. Its purpose is to support states in their water-related efforts to reach the [[Millennium Development Goals]].
Its focus lays on all [[fresh water|fresh-]] and [[sea water]] issues as well as on [[sanitation]]. UN-Water aims at improving the cooperation between relevant governing bodies and development organizations. It is responsible for the annual [[World Water Day]] as well as for the [[UN Water decade]].
The 24 members of UN-Water are UN agencies, programmes and funds that are to a measurable extent involved in water policies. These include, among others, the [[Food and Agriculture Organization]], the [[World Health Organization]], the [[United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization]], the [[United Nations Environment Programme]] and the [[United Nations Development Programme]].
==See also==
*[[Portal: United Nations]]
*[[Stockholm International Water Institute]]
*[[World Water Forum]]
==External links==
*[http://www.unwater.org/flashindex.html UN-Water Homepage]
*[http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/ Website of the UN ''Water for Life Decade'']
*[http://www.worldwaterday.org/ Website of the annual ''World Water Day'']
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