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• World Water Day Press Releases
• World Water Day celebration at the Vienna headquarters of the IAEA will
feature the Austria-Uganda School Art Exhibit on Water and a Dialogue on
Water for Development. See the programme.
• Promotional kits now available for download. Go to download page.
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Featured Events and Happenings |
• 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 the
press release.
• A seven kilometre human chain along the Ganges River in India
to raise
awareness of the need to protect it from pollution. www.cleanganga.com
• Unity in Diversity celebrates Earth & Water Day 2002 at the
Vienna International Center on March 21st. Read programme.
• EXCEPTIONAL VISIT OF A CAVE LYING UNDER MONACO. Read more.
• Local school children form a human chain along the Dee Why Beach
in
Australia to symbolize their determination to see an end
to pollution.
www.ozgreen.org.au
• Announcement of the Stockholm Water Prize, the leading international
award for achievements on behalf of water. www.siwi.org
• Water- Use
it Wisely Campaign: 100 tips for conserving water
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New from United Nations |
• In honor of World Water Day, the World Water Assessement
Programme is offering to send you one of their 2002 WWAP calendars
free-of-charge. The International Atomic Energy Agency in
charge of this year's World Water Day, is hosting a WWAP exhibition at its
headquarters (Vienna, 19-25 March 2002). This exhibition allows each UN
Partner the opportunity to present its Programme and water-related
activities. Available online, in PDF format.
• Water Day Messages
• International Conference on Freshwater. Read
about the results.
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Water in the News |
• UN warns of looming water crisis
• Plea for Central Europe river clean up
• Poor sanitation a global catastrophe
• Read about some of the world's water flashpoints
• Ecology, cost delay China north-south water plan