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Useful International Agencies
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR): http://www.unhchr.ch/
The High Commissioner for Human Rights is the official with principal responsibility for United Nations human rights activities. The OHCHR website contains the full text of all international human rights treaties; listings of state signatories and reservations lodged to each of the treaties and all of General Comments of treaty-monitoring bodies, including General Comment 15 of the Committee of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on the right to water.
World Health Organization:
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Water, Sanitation and Health page: http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/en/
The aim of the Water, Sanitation and Health Programme is ‘the reduction of water- and waste-related disease and the optimization of the health benefits of sustainable water and waste management.’
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The UN Millennium Development Goals: http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/
This website contains information on the content, implementation and monitoring of progress towards the Millennium Development goals, including Goal 7 (2), which refers to water.
The UNESCO Water Portal: http://www.unesco.org/water/
This site is intended to ‘enhance access to information related to freshwater available on the World Wide Web’. It contains links to the World Water Assessment programme and The UN World Water Development Report ‘Water For People, Water For Life’.
World Bank Water Resources Management page:
http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/ESSD/ardext.nsf/18ByDocName/
WaterResourcesManagement
This site ‘serves as a central organizing point for
water as a cross-cutting issue throughout the World Bank.
It addresses water as a resource in its many dimensions, serves
to assess and disseminate emerging lessons and shared experiences,
to publicize policies and guidelines, facilitate cooperation
on water issues and to address issues of knowledge generation,
management, and enhancing skills.’
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