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2 6 / S E T T I N G T H E S C E N EMilestonesDates Events Outcomes Quotations1995 World Summit for Social Copenhagen Declaration on ‘To focus our efforts and policies to address theDevelopment, Copenhagen Social Development root causes of poverty and to provide for the basicMain issues: poverty, water supplyneeds of all. These efforts should include theand sanitationprovision of … safe drinking water andsanitation.’ (Chapter I – Resolutions adopted by theSummit, Commitment 2.b., CopenhagenDeclaration)UN Fourth World Conference on Beijing Declaration and ‘Ensure the availability of and universal accessWomen, Beijing Platform for Action to safe drinking water and sanitation and putMain issues: gender issues,in place effective public distribution systems aswater supply and sanitationsoon as possible.’ (106 x, Beijing Declaration)1996 UN Conference on Human The Habitat Agenda ‘We shall also promote healthy living environments,Settlements (Habitat II), Istanbulespecially through the provision of adequateSustainable human settlementsquantities of safe water and effective managementdevelopment in an urbanizing worldof waste.’ (10. The Habitat Agenda, IstanbulDeclaration on Human Settlements)World Food Summit, Rome Rome Declaration on World ‘To combat environmental threats to food security,Main issues: food, health, water Food Security in particular, drought and desertification … restoreand sanitationand rehabilitate the natural resource base, includingwater and watersheds, in depleted and overexploitedareas to achieve greater production.’ (Plan of Action,Objective 3.2, Rome Declaration)1997 First World Water Forum, Marrakech Declaration ‘to recognize the basic human needs to haveMarrakechaccess to clean water and sanitation, toMain issues: water and sanitation,establish an effective mechanism formanagement of shared waters,management of shared waters, to support andpreserving ecosystems, gender equity,preserve ecosystems, to encourage the efficientefficient use of wateruse of water.’ (Marrakech Declaration)1998 International Conference on Paris Declaration on Water and ‘to improve co-ordination between UNWater and Sustainable Sustainable Development Agencies and Programmes and other internationalDevelopment, Parisorganizations, to ensure periodic consideration withinthe UN system … [To] emphasize the need forcontinuous political commitment and broad-basedpublic support to ensure the achievement ofsustainable development, management and protection,and equitable use of freshwater resources, and theimportance of civil society to support thiscommitment.’ (Paris Declaration)