Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

World Water Day 2022

- Compiled by Cecilia Hewavithar­ana

World Water Day has been celebrated annually on March 22 since 1993, in order to raise awareness of the lack of access to clean water faced by over 2 billion people around the world and to remind people with access to it not to waste it.

The right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation is recognised as a basic human right.

The UN General Assembly declared the period from March 22, 2018 to March 22, 2028 as the Internatio­nal Decade for Action on Water for Sustainabl­e Developmen­t, to meet the increasing water-related challenges.

The 6th Goal of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainabl­e Developmen­t, adopted by all UN member states, is “Clean Water and Sanitation for all by 2030”.

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