Press Releases

From The International Atomic Energy Agency

Human mismanagement, population growth and changing weather patterns threaten nearly two thirds of the Earth's population with water famine unless the present rate of water use changes, United Nations Organizations said in a message for World Water Day 2002.

A "Blue Revolution" to raise the productivity of water is needed says
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.

        • See World Water Day press release in English.
        • See World Water Day press release in Spanish.
        • See World Water Day press release in French.

From Other Organizations

Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council

• South Africa Launches WASH Campaign Where Cholera has
Struck. Read release.

        • Photo Art Calendar 2003: "Water. Element of Life" Read release.

        • The Stockholm Water Prize, the leading international award for
          achievements on behalf of water was today awarded to
          Venezuelan-American hydrologist Professor Ignacio Rodríguez-
          Iturbe of Princeton University, USA.
          Read release.