At the urging of the Commission on Sustainable Development and with the strong endorsement by the Ministerial Conference at The Hague in March 2000, the UN Administrative Committee on Coordination Subcommittee on Water Resources (UN-ACC/SCWR) has undertaken a collective UN system-wide continuing assessment process, the World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP). The Programme focuses on terrestrial freshwater, but will link with the marine near-shore environments and coastal zone regions as principal sinks for land-based sources of pollution and sedimentation and as areas where the threat of flooding and the potential impact of sea level rise on freshwater resources is particularly acute.
This site offers information of the programme, its goals and background, the challenges of world water problems, specific case studies, news and events, UN partners and national partners, related resources and links.
