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World Water Day
World Water Day 1 (OBSERVE) on March 22 since 1993.
It 2 (DECLARE) as such by the United Nations General Assembly. This day was first formally proposed in Agenda 21 of the 1992 United
Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The observance began in 1993 and 3 (GROW) significantly ever since.
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 4 (TAKE) the lead in promoting and coordinating international activities for World Water Day.
In addition to the UN member states, a number of NGOs 5 (PROMOTE) clean water and sustainable aquatic habitats have used World Day for Water as a time to focus public attention on the critical water issues of our era.
Every three years since 1997, for instance, the World Water Council 6 (DRAW) thousands to participate in its World Water Forum during the week of World Day for Water.
Participating agencies and NGOs have highlighted issues such as a billion people 7 (BE) without access to safe water for drinking and the role of gender in family access to safe water.