Water for sustainable development

Abstract

, ministers and other high-level dignitaries took part in this historical gathering together with representatives of international and regional organizations, local governments, civil society, the private sector and academia. The Conference also provided a timely and necessary platform for elaborating recommendations in the run-up of the next session of the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development where, among other issues, the Sustainable Development Goal 6 to "ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all" will be discussed. The Conference built on the outcomes of the Eighth World Water Forum, the High-Level Panel on Water, the Water for Life Decade and other major water-related events and platforms at the global and regional level. We, the participating representatives of states and organizations, Recalling the United Nations General Assembly resolution 71/222 of 21 December 2016, by which it proclaimed the International Decade for Action "Water for Sustainable Development", 2018-2028 (hereinafter referred to as the "Water Action Decade"), Also recalling the United Nations General Assembly resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled "Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development", which reiterates the importance of "ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all" as a Sustainable Development Goal to be achieved by 2030, the underpinning importance of water related issues in other goals and targets in order to reach the overall Agenda and the centrality of the "No One Left Behind" principle, Further recalling resolutions 68/157 of 18 December 2013 on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation and 70/169 of 17 December 2015 on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation of the United Nations General Assembly, Taking note of the efforts and extensive work carried out by the High-Level Panel on Water,