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World Water Day grew out of the 1992 United Nations (UN) Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janiero. Recognizing the objectives set out in Chapter 18 (Freshwater Resources) of the Agenda 21 document, the UN General Assembly declared that March 22 of each year would be observed as a World Day for Water. Further, the General Assembly called upon States to devote this day to concrete activities related to the conservation and development of water resources in their national context, and for the UN to assist countries in organizing their activities.

It was decided that each World Water Day would focus on a particular theme relating to the conservation of water resources and that one UN agency would be selected to lead the UN system in its activities.

The theme for March 22, 2002 is Water and Development, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is the lead UN agency.

This site -- the Water for Development website --has been developed and hosted by the IAEA as part of the activities planned for World Water Day 2002.

--Logo and design templates have been provided by ViennaDesign.com.

--Web production support has been provided by Ms. Natalija Schmid, Consultant