Follow-Up to the United Nations Conference on the Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Decade for Action, "Water for Sustainable Development", 2018-2028
Decides to convene the 2026 United Nations Water Conference to Accelerate the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all, which will result in a summary of the proceedings of the Conference, to be prepared by the President of the General Assembly, as its outcome document, and will be funded through voluntary contributions and in the most efficient and effective manner possible, and decides to consider before the end of its seventy-eighth session the modalities of the 2026 United Nations Water Conference in the most efficient and effective manner possible;
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Also decides to convene, in 2028, the United Nations Conference on the Final Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Decade for Action, “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018–2028, to promote the implementation of water-related actions and to take stock of the progress catalysed by the International Decade, notes that this Conference will be funded through voluntary contributions and welcomes in this regard the generous offer by the Government of Tajikistan to host the Conference in Dushanbe, and decides to consider before the end of its eightieth session the modalities of the United Nations 2028 Water Conference in the most efficient and effective manner possible;
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Expresses its intention to consider further opportunities to actively involve Governments, civil society, the private sector, the United Nations system and other actors in driving progress and supporting the achievement of internationally agreed water-related goals and targets, including those contained in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the objectives of the International Decade for Action, “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018–2028, and subsequent international decades that may be proclaimed by the General Assembly;
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Invites the Secretary-General to submit, with the support of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat and UN-Water, the specialized agencies, the regional commissions and other entities of the United Nations system, a report taking into account actions, initiatives, best practices and lessons learned, as well as obstacles and constraints encountered, to assess progress on the implementation of the International Decade for Action, “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018–2028, for the consideration of the General Assembly at its eighty-first session;
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Requests the Secretary-General to present a United Nations system-wide water and sanitation strategy in consultation with Member States before the end of the seventy-eighth session of the General Assembly, in order to enhance the coordination and delivery of water priorities across the United Nations system, and in this context to place particular emphasis on the water-related needs of the developing countries, including those related to finance, technology transfer and capacity-building, and also requests the Secretary-General to provide adequate support, within existing resources, to the United Nations system-wide water and sanitation strategy.
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