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Pre-'92

June '72:  UN Conference on the Human Environment

Recommendation 52; Co-ordination on UN bodies and Governments on Water Resource Management

Stockholm, Sweden

gopher://unephq.unep.org/00/un/unep/govcoun/decision/1972stoc/gc1972.txt

 

Jan. '77:  UN Water Conference - Eight-Point Mar del Plata Action Plan

Mar del Plata, Argentina

 

'91:  Nordic Freshwater Initiative

Copenhagen, Denmark

 

1992

Jan. '92:  International Conference on Water and the Environment

World Meteorological Organisation

Dublin, Rep. of Ireland

www.wmo.ch/web/homs/icwedece.html

 

June '92:  UN Conference on Environment & Development

Chapter 18 - Protection of the Quality & Supply of Freshwater Resources

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

gopher://gopher.un.org/00/conf/unced/English/a21_18.txt%09%09

 

Aug. '92:  Stockholm Symposium:  Water Quality Management

Stockholm International Water Institute

Stockholm, Sweden

http://www.siwi.org/sws/sws.html

 

‘92:  Convention on the Protection and use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes

UN Economic Commission for Europe

http://www.unece.org/env/water/

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1993

Mar. '93:  Report of the Intersecretariat Group for Water Resources - Para. 7

Inter-Agency Committee on Sustainable Development - First Meeting

New York, USA

gopher://gopher.un.org/00/inter/iacsd/93-11.en

 

Aug. '93:  Stockholm Symposium: Integrated Measures to minimise land to water pollution

Stockholm International Water Institute

Stockholm, Sweden

http://www.siwi.org/sws/sws.html

 

1994

Apr. '94:  Review of Sectoral Cluster - Health, Human Settlements & Freshwater

UN Commission on Sustainable Development

New York, USA

www.un.org/esa/sustdev/water1.htm#second

 

June '94:  Report of the ACC Subcommittee on Water Resources on its first session - Para. 58 - 60

Inter-Agency Committee on Sustainable Development - Third Meeting

New York, USA

gopher://gopher.un.org/00/inter/iacsd/94--7.en

 

Aug. ‘94:  Stockholm Symposium: Youth, Market Mechanisms

Stockholm International Water Institute

Stockholm, Sweden

http://www.siwi.org/sws/sws.html

 

1995

Feb. '95:  Report of the ACC Subcommittee on Water Resources on its fifteenth session - Para. 39 - 40

Inter-Agency Committee on Sustainable Development - Fifth Meeting

New York, USA

gopher://gopher.un.org/00/inter/iacsd/95--3.en

 

Aug. ‘95:  Stockholm Symposium: Education, Political Action

Stockholm International Water Institute

Stockholm, Sweden

http://www.siwi.org/sws/sws.html

 

1996

Feb. '96:  Report of the ACC Subcommittee on Water Resources at its sixteenth session - Para. 42 - 43

Inter-Agency Committee on Sustainable Development - Seventh Meeting

New York, USA

gopher://gopher.un.org/00/inter/iacsd/96--1.en

 

Aug. ‘96:  Stockholm Symposium: Freshwater Resources, Public Awareness

Stockholm International Water Institute

Stockholm, Sweden

http://www.siwi.org/sws/sws.html

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1997

Feb. ’97:  Report of the ACC Subcommittee on Water Resources on its seventeenth session - Para .18 - 19

Interagency Committee on Sustainable Development – Ninth Session

New York, USA

gopher://gopher.un.org/00/inter/iacsd/97--1.en

 

Feb. ‘97:  Workshop on Sustainable Water Consumption

OECD

Sydney, Australia

http://www.oecd.org/envconsumption/scp24b.htm

 

Apr. ‘97:  Comprehensive review of the FW resources of the world

Commission on Sustainable Development 5th Session

New York, USA

gopher://gopher.un.org/00/esc/cn17/1997/off/progress/97--2a17.en

 

June '97:  Further Implementation of Agenda 21 on Freshwater

UN General Assembly Special Session - Earth Summit II

New York, USA

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/water1.htm#special

 

Aug. ‘97:  Stockholm Symposium: Coastal Water, Groundwater

Stockholm International Water Institute

Stockholm, Sweden

http://www.siwi.org/sws/sws.html

 

Oct. '97:  Report of the ACC Subcommittee on Water Resources on its eighteenth session - Para 30-31

Inter-Agency Committee on Sustainable Development -Eleventh Meeting

New York, USA

gopher://gopher.un.org/00/inter/iacsd/98--1.en

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1998

Jan. 27-30 ‘98:  Freshwater Workshop

CSD/ECOSOC

Harare, Zimbabwe

gopher://gopher.un.org/00/esc/cn17/1998/official/98--3.EN

gopher://gopher.un.org/11/esc/cn17/1997-98/freshwater

 

Mar. 19 - 21 '98:  International Conference on Water & Sustainable Development

French Ministry for the Environment

Paris, France

 

Mar. 22 ‘98:  World Water Day

UNEP Freshwater Unit

 

Apr. '98:  Decision of the Commission on Sustainable Development on Strategic Approaches to Freshwater management

Commission on Sustainable Development 6th Session

New York, USA

Decision 6/I

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/water1.htm

Background Documents

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/water.htm#doc

 

May '98:  Community Water Supply & Sanitation Conference

UNDP & World Bank Water & Sanitation Programme

Washington DC, USA

www.wsp.org/english/conference/summary.html

 

May '98:  International Conference on Rural Water Supply & Sanitation

UNDP & World Bank Water & Sanitation Programme

Washington DC, USA

http://www.wsp.org/English/Conference/conference.html

 

Aug. ‘98:  Stockholm Water Symposium: WATER, The key to Socio-Economic Development & Quality of Life

Stockholm International Water Institute

Stockholm, Sweden

http://www.siwi.org/sws/sws.html

 

Sept. ‘98:  Water Pricing, Tradable Permits for Industry/Agriculture/Household

OECD

http://www.oecd.org/env/eco/issues.htm#wp

 

Nov. ‘98:  Water Resources Management

UN Economic Commission for Africa

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1999

Mar. 22nd '99:  World Water Day

UNEP Freshwater Unit

 

Mar. ‘99:  Report of the ACC Subcommittee on Water Resources on its Nineteenth Session

Inter-Agency Committee on Sustainable Development - Thirteenth meeting

New York, USA

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/iacsd13.htm#report98

 

June '99:  Third International Water Seminar - Securing Water Rights & Managing Water Scarcity, Law & Policy in Practice

Water Law & Policy Programme, University of Dundee

Dundee, Scotland

www.dundee.ac.uk/cepmlp/water

 

June ‘99:  Environment & Health Ministerial; Ratification on the Draft Protocol on Water & Health

WHO

London, Great Britain

http://www.who.dk/london99/watere.htm

 

Aug. '99:  Stockholm Water Symposium: Urban stability though integrated water related management

Stockholm International Water Institute

Stockholm, Sweden

http://www.siwi.org/sws/sws.html

 

Sept. '99:  Water Pricing, Investment and Sustainable Development

World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Contact: fry@wbcsd.ch

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2000

Mar. 2000:  Second World Water Forum & Ministerial Conference

World Water Council, Dutch Government

The Hague, The Netherlands

http://www.worldwaterforum.org

 

Mar. 2000:  10th World Water Congress

Melbourne, Australia

Contact:  worldwater@icms.com.au

http://www.icms.com.au/worldwater/

 

Apr. 2000:  Review of Progress made since CSD 6 - Strategic Approaches to Freshwater Management

Commission on Sustainable Development 8th Session

New York, USA

www.un.org/esa/sustdev

 

May 2000:  Progress Report of the Implementation of Programmes of work on Bio-diversity of Inland Water Ecosystems

UNEP

Nairobi, Kenya

http://www.biodiv.org/cop5/docs.html

 

July 2000:  Specialised Conference & IAWQ/IWSA Biennial Conference

International Water Association

http://www.iawq.org.uk

 

Aug. 2000:  Stockholm Water Symposium - Water Security for the 21st Century, Innovative Approaches

Stockholm International Water Institute

Stockholm, Sweden

http://www.siwi.org/sws/sws.html

 

2001

Mar. '01:  Dioxin Contamination in the Home

The Clean World Water Initiative

Tokyo, Japan

www.cosmo-environment.gr.jp/english/e-index.html

 

Mar. '01:  World Water Day

WTO

www.worldwaterday.org

 

Mar. '01:  5th Gulf Water Conference

WSTA (Water, Science & Technology Association) & Partners

Doha, Qatar

http://www.wsta.org.bh/5GWC_site/right_eng.htm

 

July '01:  Water Africa

Kampala, Uganda

http://www.ace-events.com/Waterhome.htm

 

Aug. '01:  11th Stockholm Water Symposium

The Stockholm International Water Institute

Stockholm, Sweden

www.siwi.org

 

Dec. '01:  International Conference on Freshwater: Water for the Poor - Sustainable Solutions to the Water Crisis

The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany (the Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety & the Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development)

Bonn, Germany

www.water-2001.de

 

2002

July '02:  Third International Conference on Water Resources and Environment Research (ICWRER 2002)

Department of Hydroscience, Dresden University of Technology

Dresden, Germany

http://www.tu-dresden.de/fghhihm/hydrologie.html

 

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