When is World Water Day?

The origin of World Water Day, for the whole world, water is the source of life, and the earliest life in the world was born in water. In order to make people cherish water resources, people set up World Water Day. The following is an introduction to the origin of World Water Day!

The origin of World Water Day 1 March 22nd every year is the World Water Day designated by the United Nations. March 22nd, 2005 is the13rd World Water Day with the theme of "Water for Life". In 2003, the 58th General Assembly of the United Nations defined this theme.

The 47th session of the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 193 on the recommendation of Agenda for Action in the 20th century formulated by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, and decided to set March 22nd of each year as March 22nd of 2020. At the same time, through extensive publicity and education activities, enhance public awareness of water resources development and protection.

Although 70.8% of the earth is covered by water, fresh water resources are extremely limited. Of all water resources, 97.5% is salt water, which is inedible. Of the remaining 2.5% fresh water, 87% is ice and snow in polar ice sheets, alpine glaciers and permafrost areas that are difficult for human beings to use. What humans can really use is a part of rivers, lakes and groundwater, which only account for 0.26% of the total water volume of the earth and are unevenly distributed. About 65% of water resources are concentrated in less than 10 countries, while 80 countries and regions, which account for about 40% of the world population, are seriously short of water. According to statistics released by the United Nations, there are 1 1 billion people living in a state of water shortage, and 2.6 billion people lack basic sanitation facilities.

At the same time, water pollution has further eroded a large number of water resources available for consumption, endangering human health. According to the survey of the United Nations, more than 400 billion tons of sewage are discharged every year in the world, resulting in more than 5 trillion tons of water bodies being polluted and millions of people dying from diseases caused by unclean drinking water.

In recent years, the increasingly severe water crisis has aroused widespread concern. Experts call on all countries in the world to make joint efforts to strengthen the management of fresh water resources, save water and reduce pollution, and solve the problem of regional water resources allocation through consultation and negotiation.

From 198 1 to 1990, the world's first ten-year plan for international water action was implemented. At the same time, more than 6,543.8 billion people in the world have access to water supply, and the sanitary conditions of nearly 770 million people have been improved.

In 2003, the 58th General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a resolution declaring 2005-20 15 as the International Decade for Action, with the theme of "Water for Life", which was officially implemented on March 22, 2005.

The goal of the International Decade for Action "Water for Life" is to urge countries to pay more attention to water-related issues and carry out multi-level cooperation in order to achieve the water-related goals in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, Johannesburg Plan of Implementation and 2 1 Agenda. The United Nations General Assembly called on all relevant United Nations bodies, specialized agencies, regional commissions and other organizations to coordinate their actions and make use of existing resources and voluntary contributions to embody the significance of the "Water for Life" Decade.

china water week

1988 After the promulgation of the Water Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the Ministry of Water Resources designated July 1-7 as "China Water Week" every year. Considering that the themes and contents of World Water Day and China Water Week are basically the same, the time of China Water Week is changed from 1994 to March 20th every year.

The theme of World Water Day over the years

1994: "It is everyone's responsibility to care for water resources";

1995: "Women and Water";

1996: "Waterbird disease");

1997: "Is there enough water in the world?" (Is the world enough);

1998: Groundwater-Invisible Resources;

1999: "We (human beings) will live in a state of water shortage forever" (Everyonelivesdown stream);

2000: "2 1 water of the century" (Waterford 2 1 century);

200 1: "water and health";

2002: "Water for Development";

2003: "Water-the future of mankind";

2004: "Water and disasters";

2005: "Water of Life". In 2003, the 58th General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a resolution declaring 2005-20 15 as the International Decade for Action, with the theme of "Water for Life", which was officially implemented on March 22, 2005.

The origin of World Water Day 2 For the whole world, water is the source of life, and the earliest life in the world was born in water. Moreover, the proportion of water in everyone's human tissue accounts for 70%. Once the water content of human body is lower than 50%, human life will be seriously threatened. The establishment of World Water Day has better restrained people's behavior of wasting water resources.

The Historical Origin of World Water Day

For human beings, water is the foundation of all life, and the sustainable development of social economy and the progress of the whole country are inseparable from the existence of boiling water. However, with the further development of industrialized society, people's living standards have been greatly improved, and there are more and more acts of wasting water resources. Water pollution has become an important problem facing every country. Due to the further deterioration of water environment, it has affected every country, the further development of social economy and human life. In order to make people realize the importance of water resources, the 47th United Nations General Assembly put forward a proposal and decided to adopt resolution 19 18 in 2003. The resolution designated March 22nd of each year as World Water Day.

Significance of establishing World Water Day

Although the earth on which we live is extremely rich in water, the proportion of seawater is as high as 97.2%, and the land fresh water available for human consumption only accounts for 2.8%. In this case, more and more fresh water resources are seriously polluted. On the one hand, it comes from a lot of waste gas and sewage in industry, agriculture and life, on the other hand, it comes from the unreasonable utilization and waste of water resources by human beings. Globally, it is estimated that more than half of the countries and regions lack drinking water. If humans can't drink pure water, then 80% of the world's population will be threatened by water shortage. Moreover, due to the increasing social and economic losses caused by water shortage every year, the establishment of World Water Day has stopped the waste of water resources to a certain extent, and at the same time vigorously publicized the knowledge of protecting water resources.

Customs and activities of World Water Day

On the occasion of World Water Day, Water Law Publicity Week and National Urban Water Conservation Publicity Week will be held. The publicity of the water law on Monday can make people realize the importance of developing and protecting water resources. People's Republic of China (PRC) (China) has promulgated many national and local laws and regulations on water resources protection. At the same time, in order to prevent non-compliance, the state also uses various legal means to regulate various water-related issues and activities. At the same time, in order to raise the awareness of urban residents to save water resources, various activities and publicity ceremonies will be held on the occasion of World Water Day. And carry it out.

Measures to protect water resources and improve water environment, and implement various laws and regulations to protect water resources.