Dates

Events

Outcomes

Quotations

1972

UN Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm
Preservation and enhancement of the human environment

Declaration of the UN Conference on the Human Environment

'A point has been reached in history when we must shape our actions throughout the world with a more prudent care for their environmental consequences.'
(6. Declaration of the UN Conference on the Human Environment)

1977

UN Conference on Water, Mar del Plata

Assessment of water resources Water use and efficiency

Mar del Plata Action Plan (MPAP)

'... relatively little importance has been attached to water resources systematic measurement. The processing and compilation of data have also been seriously neglected.'
(Recommendation A: Assessement of water resources, Mar del Plata Action Plan)

1981 - 1990

International Drinking Water and Sanitation Decade

"Most importantly, perhaps, was the realisation that the achievement of this goal that was set at the beginning of the decade would take far more time and cost far more money than was originally thought."
(CHOGUILL C., FRANCEYS R., COTTON A., Planning for water and sanitation, 1993)

1990

Global Consultation on Safe Water and Sanitation for the 1990's, New Delhi
Safe drinking water, environmental sanitation

New Delhi Statement :
"Some for all rather than more for some"

'Safe water and proper means of waste disposal ... must be at the center of integrated water resources management'
(Environment and health, New Delhi Statement)

World Summit for Children, New York
Health, food supply

Declaration on the Survival, Protection and Development of Children

'We will promote the provision of clean water in all communities for all their children, as well as universal access to sanitation.'
(20. World Declaration on the Survival, Protection and Development of Children)

Beginning of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (1990 - 2000)

1992

International Conference on Water and the Environment, Dublin
Economic value of water, women, poverty, resolving conflicts, natural disasters, awareness

Dublin Statement on Water and Sustainable Development

Principle 1 : 'Fresh water is a finite and vulnerable resource, essential to sustain life, development and the environment'
Principle 2 : 'Water development and management should be based on a participatory approach, involving users, planners