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The United Nations System Chief
Executive Board for Coordination (CEB),
on the recommendation of its High-level
Committee on Programmes (HLCP), endorsed
UN Water
in 2003 as the new official United
Nations system-wide inter-agency
mechanism for follow-up of the
water-related decisions reached at the
World Summit on Sustainable Development
2002 and the Millennium Development
Goals.
CEB mandate for UN Water [CEB/2003/2].
Objective
UN Water's objective is to facilitate effective support to Member States towards their achievement of water and sanitation-related, time-bound goals, targets and actions as agreed by the international community. To this end, UN Water acts at global, regional and country levels by: (a) building on and adding value to the work and expertise of UN agencies and programmes, ensuring coherence and integration among them and serving as a common voice of the UN system on water and sanitation; (b) facilitating communication and cooperation with external partners and (c) providing timely, policy-relevant information on status and trends of the world's freshwater resources.
UN Water is also responsible for organizing the annual United Nations World Water Day and the UN International Decade for Action 'Water for Life' 2005 - 2015.
United Nations System Chief Executives Board
Until 2001, the former ACC Subcommittee on Water Resources served as focal point for United Nations system-wide coordination in the area of water resources. The ACC machinery has been replaced by the United Nations System Chief Executives Board (CEB) for Coordination.