The theme of this year’s United Nations World Water Development Report 2016 to be launched in Geneva on World Water Day is Water and Jobs.
For the first time, the United Nations World Water Development Report will not only be launched in English but also in Spanish and French. The Executive summary of the Report will also be made available in all 6 UN languages as well as in Italian, Portuguese and Hindi.
As in previous years, the report will be launched and its main findings set out during the official World Water Day celebrations, which will take place tomorrow this year at theInternational Labour Organization Headquarters in Geneva.
The United Nations World Water Development Report, released every year with a focus on different strategic water issues each year, is the UN’s flagship report on water. It is a comprehensive review that gives an overall picture of the state of the world's freshwater resources and aims to provide decision-makers with the tools to implement sustainable use of water.
Through a series of assessments, the Reports provide a mechanism for monitoring changes in the resource and its management and tracking progress towards achieving targets, particularly those of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the World Summit on Sustainable Development.
The Reports also offer best practices as well as in-depth theoretical analyses to help stimulate ideas and actions for better stewardship in the water sector.
The launch of the World Water Development Report 2016 is at the core of the World Water Day celebrations. The theme of the Report has been aligned with the one of the World Water Day, which this year is Water and Jobs.
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