Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the International Decade for Action, "Water for Life", 2005-2015

A/RES/64/198View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 53a Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, published in 2010.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2010

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2010	A/65/297	Midterm comprehensive review of the implementation of the International Decade for Action, "Water for Life", 2005-2015 report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/64/198

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects

Conferences Coordination Within UN System Partnership Programme Implementation Sanitation Services Tajikistan Water Water Resources Development Work Organization

What’s in this document?

11 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General;⁹

⁹A/59/167 and A/60/158.

Welcomes the activities related to the implementation of the International Decade for Action, “Water for Life”, 2005–2015, undertaken by Member States, the Secretariat and the organizations of the United Nations system, inter alia, through inter-agency work, as well as contributions from major groups, and emphasizes the importance of country-level implementation of the Decade;

Encourages Member States, the Secretariat, organizations of the United Nations system through their coordination mechanism, and major groups to continue their efforts to achieve the internationally agreed water-related goals contained in Agenda 21,Error: Reference source not found the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21,Error: Reference source not found the United Nations Millennium DeclarationError: Reference source not found and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation;Error: Reference source not found

Welcomes the work of the Commission on Sustainable Development at its twelfth, thirteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth sessions on the issues of water and sanitation, and looks forward to any relevant activities of the Commission;

Welcomes the generous offer of the Government of Tajikistan to host, in June 2010, a high-level international conference on the midterm comprehensive review of the implementation of the Decade;

Invites the President of the General Assembly to convene a high-level interactive dialogue of the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly in New York on 22 March 2010, World Water Day, on the implementation of the Decade;

Stresses the importance of the full involvement of all relevant stakeholders, including women, children, older persons, persons with disabilities, indigenous people and other local communities, in the implementation of the Decade at all levels, including its midterm comprehensive review;

Requests the Secretary-General to prepare a note on the organization of work of the conference;

Invites the relevant United Nations bodies, the specialized agencies, the regional commissions and other organizations of the United Nations system to actively engage in the preparations for the high-level conference;

Invites the Secretary-General, in cooperation with UN-Water, to take appropriate actions to support Member States in the implementation of the second half of the Decade;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session on the implementation of the present resolution, as well as on the activities planned by the Secretary-General and other relevant organizations of the United Nations system for the Decade.

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