Sustainable Development Goals
One of the main outcomes of the Rio+20 Conference was the agreement by member States to launch a process to develop a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will build upon the Millennium Development Goals and converge with the post 2015 development agenda (click here for information on different work streams). It was decided […]
International Decade for Action “WATER FOR LIFE” 2005-2015
In December 2003, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the period 2005-2015 International Decade for Action “Water for Life” in its resolution A/RES/58/217. The decade officially started on World Water Day, March 22, 2005. The ‘Water for Life’ Decade aims to promote efforts to fulfill international commitments made on water and water-related issues by 2015. Focus […]