Dublin Statement
The Dublin Statement on Water and Sustainable Development, also known as the Dublin Principles, was a meeting of experts on water related problems that took place on 31 January 1992 at the International Conference on Water and the Environment (ICWE), Dublin, Ireland, organised on 26–31 January 1992.
The Dublin Statement on Water and Sustainable Development recognises the increasing scarcity of water as a result of the different conflicting uses and overuses of water.
The Dublin Principles
The declaration sets out recommendations for action at local, national and international levels to reduce the scarcity, through the following four guiding principles:[1][2]
- finite and vulnerable resource, essential to sustain life, development and the environment
- managementshould be based on a participatory approach, involving users, planners and policy-makers at all levels
- Womenplay a central part in the provision, management and safeguarding of water
- Water has an economic good
Water as a human right or economic good?
The emphasis of the Dublin Statement on the economic value of water rather than water as a
In November 2002, however, the UN
On 30 September 2010, the 15th Session of the UN Human Rights Council passed Resolution A/HRC/15/L.14,
See also
- Integrated Water Resources Management
- Global Water Partnership
- Right to water
- Water scarcity
- WASH - Water, sanitation, hygiene
References
- ^ "The Dublin statement". www.wmo.int. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
- ^ "71-ICWE92-9739.pdf". Google Docs. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
- ^ "F.A.Q". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-03-13.
- ^ "Human Rights Documents". ap.ohchr.org. Retrieved 2019-06-28.