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22 March - World Water Day 2006: Water and Culture
4th World Water Forum webcast now available
The webcast from the 4th World Water Forum in Mexico City, Mexico, organized the 22 March on the occasion of World Water Day 2006 and the launch of the 2nd United Nations World Water Development Report, 'Water, a shared responsibility', is now available online.
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PUBLICATION
 Water and Indigenous Peoples, 2006
The publication is based on the papers delivered on the occasion of the 2nd and 3rd World Water Forums (The Hague in 2000 and Kyoto in 2003) and brings some of the most incisive indigenous critics of international debates on water access, use and management, as well as community knowledge and insights in order to tackle the global water crisis.
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CONTACT
UNESCO
World Water Day 2006
Division of Water Sciences
1 rue Miollis
75732 Paris CEDEX 15
France
wwd2006@unesco.org
QUOTES'Due to its fundamental role in society's life, water has a strong cultural dimension. Without understanding and considering the cultural aspects of our water problems, no sustainable solution can be found.'
Session on Water and Cultural Diversity, Statement to the Ministerial Conference, 3rd World Water Forum, 22 March 2003
GLOSSARY
Culture
The set of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features of society or a social group, [...] it encompasses, in addition to art and literature, lifestyles, ways of living together, value systems, traditions and beliefs.
Source: UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity [PDF format - 795 KB]
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