New publication: "Human Development Report 2006: Water and Human Development"
The 2006 Human Development Report will focus on water and human development. Water is central to the realization of human potential. It is a source of life for people and for the planet. Clean water and sanitation have a profound bearing on health and human dignity. Inequalities in access to clean water for drinking and to water as a productive input, reinforce wider inequalities in opportunity. With competition for water intensifying, there is a danger that poor and vulnerable communities will become increasingly marginalized .The twin challenge facing governments and donors is to accelerate progress towards universal access to water and sanitation; and to ensure that water management policies strengthen the rights of poor households to access water resources. It is available in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish.
Contact information |
United Nations Publications
(email: booknews@un.org) |
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News type | Inbrief |
File link |
https://unp.un.org/details.aspx?entry=E06HDR |
Source of information | UN |
Keyword(s) | water resources, poverty, clean water, sanitation |
Subject(s) | METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT |
Geographical coverage | International |
News date | 19/10/2006 |
Working language(s) | ARABIC , CHINESE , ENGLISH , FRENCH , RUSSIAN , SPANISH |