International Decade for Action, "Water for Life", 2005-2015, and Further Efforts to Achieve the Sustainable Development of Water Resources

A/RES/69/215View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 19a Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development and of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, published in 2015.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2016

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2016	A/71/260	International Decade for Action, "Water for Life", 2005-2015, and further efforts to achieve the sustainable development of water resources report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/69/215

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects

Coordination Within UN System Freshwater International Decades International Years Programme Implementation Programmes of Action Sustainable Development Water Management Water Resources

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General;¹³

¹³A/65/297 and A/69/326.

Welcomes the activities related to water undertaken by Member States, the United Nations Secretariat and organizations of the United Nations system, inter alia, through inter-agency work, as well as contributions from major groups, for the observance of the International Year of Sanitation, 2008, the International Year of Water Cooperation, 2013, and the International Decade for Action, “Water for Life”, 2005–2015;

Encourages Member States, the Secretariat, organizations of the United Nations system through their coordination mechanisms, including UN-Water, and major groups to accelerate their efforts to achieve the internationally agreed water-related goals contained in Agenda 21,Error: Reference source not found the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21,Error: Reference source not found the United Nations Millennium Declaration,Error: Reference source not found the Johannesburg Plan of ImplementationError: Reference source not found and the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled “The future we want”;Error: Reference source not found

Invites the President of the General Assembly to convene during the week following World Water Day on 22 March 2015 a one-day high-level interactive dialogue of the sixty-ninth session of the Assembly in New York on a comprehensive review of the progress achieved in the implementation of the Decade, including the best practices and lessons learned relevant to the achievement of sustainable development;

Welcomes the offer of the Government of Tajikistan to host and fund, in June 2015, a high-level international conference on the implementation of the Decade, as a contribution to the comprehensive review of the Decade;

Stresses the importance of the full involvement of all relevant stakeholders, including women, children, older persons, persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and local communities, in the implementation of the Decade at all levels and, as appropriate, in its comprehensive review;

Invites the Secretary-General, in cooperation with UN-Water, the specialized agencies, the regional commissions and other organizations of the United Nations system, to engage, as appropriate, in the comprehensive review of the Decade and take appropriate actions to support Member States in the implementation of the Decade during its remaining period;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its seventy-first session on the implementation of the present resolution elaborating, inter alia, on the evaluation of the Decade, in accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 1980/67.

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