International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1986.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1986–1991

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/45/181

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1986A/RES/40/171International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade

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What subjects does this mandate have?

9 topics

Africa South of Sahara Drinking Water International Decades Least Developed Countries Programme Implementation Resources Mobilization Sanitation Water Supply Women

What does this mandate say?

11 operative paragraphs

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Welcomes the recommendations and conclusions contained in the report of the Secretary-General on progress in the attainment of the goals of the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade;6

Encourages Governments to seek to implement the recommendations for action contained in the report, in particular:

To strengthen national capabilities for policy formulation and for the preparation, implementation and monitoring of water supply and sanitation programmes and projects;

To prepare and implement national strategies to meet and develop both present and longer-term needs for skilled human resources;

To intensify efforts to improve the mobilization and utilization of national financial resources;

To increase the attention devoted to health education and community participation and to the need for close operational linkages between health and water supply agencies;

To formulate and implement strategies that will enhance the participation of women in the planning, operation and assessment of water and sanitation programmes and projects;

Calls upon organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, as well as other multilateral, bilateral and non-governmental organizations, to continue and, where possible, increase their assistance to Governments in support of national plans and programmes for the Decade as well as in support of efforts to implement the abovementioned recommendations for action;

Urges the international community to take note of the need to enhance co-ordination of technical co-operation activities at the global and national levels and, in this regard, supports the role of the resident representatives of the United Nations Development Programme as focal points for the Decade at the country level;

Takes note of the need to focus efforts and resources 5. on the least developed countries where requirements for drinking water and sanitation are the greatest, and of the need to give special consideration to the countries of sub- Saharan Africa;

Requests the Secretary-General, at the end of the Decade, in 1990, to prepare a report on the progress achieved during the Decade, providing a detailed comparative analysis based as much as possible on quantitative data, as well as recommendations for future and follow-up action that may be required, for submission to the General Assembly at its forty-fifth session.

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