1st UN World Water Development Report:

Coordinated by the World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP), the 1st Report was the result of the collaboration of twenty-three UN agencies and convention secretariats and laid the foundations for regular, system-wide monitoring and reporting by the UN, together with development of standardized methodologies and data.The Report is part of an ongoing assessment project to measure progress towards achieving the goal of sustainable development formulated at Rio in 1992, and the targets set down in the UN Millennium Declaration of 2000.

The 1st edition of this report, Water for People, Water for Life, was launched on World Water Day (March 22nd) at the Third World Water Forum in Kyoto, Japan.

The Executive Summary of the 1st UN World Water Development Report is available online in 7 languages, and can be found in the link proivded below. For hard copies of the Executive Summary in the different languages, readers should address enquiries to the appropriate publishers. Publishers contact information are available at UNESCO website here

Read the Executive Summary of the 1st UN WWD Report