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Agua y saneamiento

Descripción

En los últimos decenios, el incremento de la demanda y el uso indebido de los recursos hídricos ha aumentado los riesgos de contaminación y estrés hídrico grave en muchas partes del mundo. La frecuencia e intensidad de las crisis hídricas locales han ido en aumento, con graves consecuencias para la salud pública, la sostenibilidad ambiental, la seguridad alimentaria y energética, y el desarrollo económico. La demografía continúa evolucionando y las prácticas económicas insostenibles están afectando a la cantidad y la calidad del agua de que disponemos, convirtiéndola en un recurso cada vez más escaso y caro, especialmente para las personas pobres, marginadas y vulnerables.

El reconocimiento de la importancia del agua se remonta a la conferencia de Mar del Plata celebrada en la Argentina en 1977, donde se creó un plan de acción relativo al abastecimiento público de agua, de modo que se declaró que todos los pueblos tienen derecho a acceder a una cantidad de agua potable de calidad acorde a sus necesidades básicas. La importancia del agua se planteó además en el Decenio Internacional del Agua Potable y del Saneamiento, de 1981 a 1990, y, en 1992, en la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Medio Ambiente y el Desarrollo celebrada en Río de Janeiro (capítulo 18 del Programa 21), así como en la Conferencia Internacional sobre el Agua y el Medio Ambiente (CIAMA) que tuvo lugar en Dublín. En 1993, la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas estableció el 22 de marzo como el Día Mundial del Agua y, en 2013, el 19 de noviembre como el Día Mundial del Retrete.

En 2000, la Declaración del Milenio hizo un llamamiento para que el mundo redujera a la mitad, para el año 2015, el porcentaje de personas que carecían de acceso a agua potable o a servicios de saneamiento básico, al tiempo que la Asamblea General declaró 2003 como el Año Internacional del Agua Dulce, seguido por el Decenio “El agua, fuente de vida”, de 2005 a 2015.

Para coordinar las actividades de las entidades de las Naciones Unidas y de las organizaciones internacionales que trabajan en cuestiones de agua y saneamiento, la Junta de Jefes Ejecutivos (JJE) de las Naciones Unidas estableció en 2003 ONU‑Agua, un mecanismo de coordinación interinstitucional de la Organización para todas las cuestiones relacionadas con el agua dulce y el saneamiento.

En 2008, se declaró el Año Internacional del Saneamiento y, el 28 de julio de 2010, la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas reconoció de manera explícita el derecho humano al agua y al saneamiento mediante la resolución 64/292.

En la Cumbre de las Naciones Unidas que tuvo lugar en septiembre de 2015, se adoptó la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible, la cual incluye el Objetivo de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) 6 relativo al agua y el saneamiento y, en diciembre de 2016, la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas aprobó por unanimidad la resolución sobre el Decenio Internacional para la Acción “Agua para el Desarrollo Sostenible” (2018‑2028), en apoyo de la consecución del ODS 6 y otras metas relacionadas con el agua. El agua también constituye un elemento central de importantes acuerdos como el Marco de Sendái para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres y el Acuerdo de París de 2015.

Por lo tanto, hace mucho que garantizar la disponibilidad y la gestión sostenible del agua y el saneamiento para todos figura entre los temas de las Naciones Unidas, y ahora la prioridad es hacer realidad la nueva visión de los ODS relacionados con el agua de la Agenda 2030 a través del liderazgo nacional y las alianzas mundiales. El agua y el saneamiento constituyen elementos básicos del desarrollo sostenible, y la amplia gama de servicios que proporcionan sustentan la reducción de la pobreza, el crecimiento económico y la sostenibilidad ambiental. En estos momentos, el mundo necesita transformar la forma en que gestiona sus recursos hídricos y en que presta servicios de agua y saneamiento a miles de millones de personas.

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This is a compilation of SDG 6 references in statements delivered at the General Debate of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. The information reflected on this website has been taken directly from the official statements received from Member States and does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations. For those statements not available in English, an unofficial translation was prepared.

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Countries marked with an asterisk (*) represent Member States who have made firm commitments to advancing SDG 6 in their statement at the General Debate of the 75th Session of the UN General Assembly.

This is a compilation of the 2020 Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) regarding information reported on SDG 6. The information reflected on this website has been taken directly from the official VNRs received from Member States and does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations. For those VNRs not available in English, an unofficial translation was prepared. 

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To read the Secretariat Background Note for the VNRs at the 2021 HLPF, please click here.

 

Afghanistan | 2021
Argentina | 2020
Angola | 2021
Antigua & Barbuda | 2021
Armenia | 2020
Austria  | 2020 
Azerbaijan | 2021
Bangladesh | 2020 
Bhutan | 2021
Bolivia | 2021
Brunei Darussalam | 2020
Bulgaria | 2020
Burundi | 2020 
Cabo Verde | 2021
Chad | 2021
China | 2021
Colombia | 2021
Comoros | 2020 
Cuba | 2021
Cyprus | 2021
Czech Republic | 2021
Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 2021
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2020 
Denmark | 2021
Dominican Republic | 2021
Ecuador | 2020 
Egypt | 2021
Estonia | 2020
Finland | 2020
Gambia | 2020 
Germany | 2021
India | 2020 
Indonesia | 2021
Japan | 2021
Kenya | 2020
Kyrgyz Republic | 2020 
Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2021
Madagascar | 2021
Malaysia | 2021
Marshal Islands | 2021
Mexico | 2021
Morocco | 2020
Mozambique | 2020 
Namibia | 2021
Nepal | 2020 
Nicaragua | 2021
Niger | 20202021
Nigeria | 2020
North Macedonia | 2020 
Norway | 2021
Panama | 2020
Papua New Guinea | 2020
Paraguay | 2021
Peru | 2020 
Qatar |  2021
Republic of Moldova | 2020
Russian Federation | 2020 
San Marino | 2021
Spain | 2021
Sweden | 2021
Thailand | 2021
Tunisia | 2021
Uganda | 2020
Ukraine | 2020 
Uruguay | 2021
Uzbekistan | 2020
Zambia | 2020 
Zimbabwe | 2021

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About the Water Action Decade 2018-2028

The United Nations has long been addressing the global crisis caused by unsafe water and sanitation and growing demands on the world’s water resources to meet human, economic and environmental needs.

In December 2017, UN Member States adopted United Nations General Assembly resolution 71/222 on an International Decade for Action on ‘Water for Sustainable Development’ 2018-2028.

In response to the ambitious 2030 Agenda, the Water Action Decade will accelerate efforts towards meeting water-related challenges, including limited access to safe water and sanitation, increasing pressure on water resources and ecosystems, and an exacerbated risk of droughts and floods.

Water and sanitation are preconditions to life and we must put a greater focus on these human rights. During the decade, the international community sets out to:

  1. Advance sustainable development
  2. Energize existing programmes and projects
  3. Inspire action to achieve the 2030 Agenda

Learn more at Water Action Decade | Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Action Networks for the SDGs are action-oriented networks and communities that are maintained by UN system entities or actors that focus on accelerating progress in certain sustainable development thematic areas, typically contributing to multiple interlinked SDGs.

Action networks are useful in mobilizing resources, generating momentum and creating awareness, spurring tangible results in support of the objectives of the network, scaling up existing initiatives or catalyzing new SMART commitments and actions.

 

Acceleration Action Updates 2021

The following actions were published in July (updated July 12th):

   1. City Water Resilience Approach (CWRA)  | Arup, Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) & Resilient Cities Network (RCN) 

   2. Support action, innovation and learning to address source-to-sea priorities | Action Platform on Source-to-Sea Management (Partnership)

 

The following actions were published in June: 

   1. Reimagine WASH: Making services climate resilient to tackle water scarcity - (UNICEF) & Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) 

   2. Water/ocean governance thought leadership, thematic expertise, technical support and policy advocacy promoted and strengthened globally - UNDP & SIWI Water Governance Facility

     3. The H2O Project for Youth Engagement in Rural Field Actions | My H2O

     4. Scaling up a sustainable solution for safe drinking water | 1001 Fontaines

     5. Prev leak project  | Technologica Plumbing Solutions

 

The following actions were published in May:

   1. The H2O Solution for clean drinking water in rural China | My H2O

   2. Extend access to drinking water at the bottom of the pyramid using chlorinated solutions in Burkina Faso | BILADA

 

The following actions were published in March:

  1. Strategic Action Programme for the Lake Chad Basin - Building Climate Change Resilience and Reducing Ecosystem Stress | UNDP  

  2. Ending Coastal Water Scarcity using the Sea & Sun | Elemental Water Makers

  3. Rain Water Management | Shree Someshwar Education Trust

  4. WaterProject | University of Southeastern Norway

  5. SDG 6 IWRM Support Programme | Global Water Partnership

  6. Integrated Environmental Management of the Río Motagua Watershed | Ministry of Foreign Relations Guatemala

  7. TSC Water Security Fund® | Thomas Schumann Capital

  8. Water Resources | UNDP

  9. Water- Energy- Food -Safety- Ecology -Community- Health (WEFSECH) | SeaNexus bluebioeconomy

  10. BrighTap | BrighTAP

  11. Global Sustainable Supply Chains for Marine Commodities -  Ministries and Bureaus of Fisheries and Planning of Costa Rica, Ecuador, Indonesia and The Philippines 

 

 

 

 

Featured SDG 6 Action Networks

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Browse commitments from all networks here.

 

 

 

 

Even before COVID-19 struck, progress on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 was alarmingly off track. According to the latest UN report, the current rate of progress on achieving water and sanitation for all will have to quadruple to meet the 2030 deadline.

On Friday, 9 July 2021, a virtual SDG 6 Special Event will be hosted during the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2021. In line with the theme of the 2021 high-level political forum on sustainable development, the Special Event will focus on how the SDG 6 Global Acceleration Framework can support a sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic that promotes the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development, and builds an inclusive and effective path for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda in the context of the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development.

The SDG 6 Global Acceleration Framework introduces this multi-stakeholder, high-level, annual stock-taking event to enable stakeholders to keep up momentum on SDG 6 as well as share lessons and best practices. The SDG 6 Special Event will review the progress to date and showcase some of the projects that have been developed around the Framework. As a new contribution to the SDG 6 Global Acceleration Framework, progress on the SDG 6 Capacity Development Initiative will be introduced by the co-coordinators UN DESA and UNESCO.

  • Watch the recording of the event here.
  • Access the agenda for the special event, hosted on 9 July 2021 here.

For more information, please check the UN-Water website: http://www.unwater.org/sdg-6-special-event-during-high-level-political-forum-on-sustainable-development-2021

 

 

 

 

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Through the collaborative efforts of the United Nations, multilateral organizations, and sustainable development partners from universities, civil society, academia and the private sector, UN SDG: Learn provides  a unique gateway that empowers individuals and organizations through an informed decision when selecting among a wealth of SDG-related learning products and services that are currently available.

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