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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