22 March is designated as 'World Water Day', by the General Assembly in its resolution 47/193 of 22 December 1992. The observance aims at promoting awareness of the extent to which water resource development contributes to economic productivity and social well-being.
“Shared Waters, Shared Opportunities” is the theme, chosen for this year's World Water Day. Emphasizing on this issue, the Secretary-General of the United Nations in his message said that " ....Much of the planet’s water, above or below ground, is shared. Forty per cent of the world’s people live in one of 263 basins that are shared by two or more countries. Concern over the possibility of violent disputes features regularly in discussions about sharing limited water resources. But while the potential exists for water to act as a catalyst for conflict between States and communities, precedent suggests that the opposite is actually what happens. Cooperation, not conflict, is the most common response by people facing competing demands...."
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