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By
Akindman
International World Water Day is held annually on 22
March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and
advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources.
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An international day to celebrate freshwater was
recommended at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development (UNCED). The United Nations General Assembly responded by
designating 22 March 1993 as the first World Water Day.
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The UN and its member nations devote this day to
implementing UN recommendations and promoting concrete activities within their
countries regarding the world's water resources. Each year, one of various UN
agencies involved in water issues takes the lead in promoting and coordinating
international activities for World Water Day.
Please look at the Wikipedia link for more background information on the
UN efforts.
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Trivia:
Lake Baikal is
located in the south of the Russian region of Siberia, between Irkutsk Oblast
to the northwest and the Buryat Republic to the southeast; it is the most
voluminous freshwater lake in the world, containing roughly 20% of the world's
unfrozen surface fresh water.
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