(vii) Principle No. 1 of the Dublin Statement on Water and Sustainable Development, 1992, Fresh water is a finite and vulnerable resource, essential to sustain life, development and the environment

The sustainable development and management of groundwater resources is a critical element of water resource management in many countries.

(e) Improving water resource management through a better understanding of water resources

Human resource development.

Training and Human Resource Development

Pressure on water resources due to increased crop intensity brings about increased water resource competition in areas where water resources are scarce.

It proved the importance of water as a globally irreplaceable resource.

Provision of education to girls and women at all levels on water issues can promote more efficient water use and water resource management.

An integrated, multisectoral and balanced approach can be most effective, addressing drinking water and sanitation together with water resource management.

Preparing integrated water resource management plans and creating an institutional and policy framework

Natural resource crisis conditions prevail, particularly with respect to water, land and energy.

C. Capacity building and human resource development

Although serious water resource limitations had prevented mass availability to the region, Israel's efforts would be instrumental in increasing the water flow.

While integrated water resource management provides an integrated framework for addressing water issues, countries will want to tailor integrated water resources management plans to their own particular water management needs and objectives.

Of particular importance to Kenya was the strengthening of water resource management initiatives, one of which was the African Ministers Council on Water.

In North Africa, natural resource degradation and depletion, especially water, is an increasingly serious problem.

Yet, these same women are excluded from water related decision making and from resource distribution.

For most, drinking water is a diminishing resource that is either unaffordable or simply unavailable.

Acknowledging the major role played by women in water resource management, the mainstreaming of gender issues, particularly in the form of full involvement of women in programme and project development, implementation and evaluation, could make an important contribution to sound water resources management.

Resource mobilization is a most important source of development.

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(g) To protect our natural resource base in support of development.

We urge all stakeholders to invest more in human resource development.

Unfortunately, the decreased water resource base is a reality that must be addressed in a long term perspective.

Domestic investments are a critical resource for economic growth and sustainable development.

(a) Countries should be encouraged to adopt integrated water resource management, including demand management, develop renewable and non conventional resources, and involve stakeholders in planning and implementing water policies

(e) reasonable planned water development requirements

The Meeting noted that the Office for Outer Space Affairs had invited interested entities to join the ongoing initiative relating to the development of pilot projects for water resource management that included the use of space technologies.

Simultaneous efforts in many fields include resource mobilization and increased official development assistance.

Costa Rica had found innovative ways to utilize its natural resources to obtain funds and reinvest them in sustainable development schemes, such as charging polluters for disposal, which allowed better control over sources of waste including the cost of water resource protection in the price of water and ensuring adequate quality levels based on the intended use of the water.

Some of these partnerships include The Global Water Partnership (GWP), Global WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, IRC International Water and Sanitation Center), New Partnership for Africa Development (NPAD), Arab Water Council (AWC), and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

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Two important sustainable water sector development aspects are

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Management of transboundary water resources could be assisted through bilateral, regional or subregional arrangements, with support for capacity building from international financial and other institutions, using integrated water resource management as a reference.

In order to empower its various target groups effectively, CECOEDECON runs four programmes institutional development gender and development national resource management and health and child development.

The peaceful uses of outer space could contribute significantly to implementing the Millennium Declaration, as well as the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development and the World Summit on the Information Society. Space applications could contribute to cost effective water resource management, as well as to the prediction and mitigation of water related emergencies.

Sustainable development and water in an international gender perspective

Let us join hands to channel the power of youth into a precious resource for development.

Bangladesh calls for strengthening and expanding the Division's programmes in the area of human resource development.

General Assembly resolution 57 106 called for the development of a global Internet volunteer resource website.

The development, maintenance and upgrade of the GHGIS continues to be resource intensive (human and financial).

Under the item on space and society, it had focused on space tools for education, while under the item on space and water, it had noted that space applications could contribute to cost effective water resource management and predict and mitigate water related emergencies.

All substantial projects involving foreign investment should have local resource development as part of the contractual agreement.

Key elements of a systematic integrated water resource management process may include the following actions (a) establishing a national mechanism for the preparation of the plan, for example an inter ministerial committee (b) aligning national water management objectives and priorities with national development programmes and translating international commitments into the national context and (c) strengthening national capacities, as required, to prepare the plan.