World Water Day themes since the start

22.01.2016

World Water Day dates back to the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development where an international observance for water was recommended. The United Nations General Assembly responded by designating 22 March 1993 as the first World Water Day. It has been held annually since then. Here follows the themes since the first World Water Day and the ones proposed for 2017 and 2018:

 

2018 - Nature for Water

2017 - Wastewater

2016 - Water and Jobs

2015 - Water and Sustainable Development

2014 - Water and Energy

2013 - Water Cooperation

2012 - Water and Food Security

2011 - Water for Cities

2010 - Water Quality

2009 - Transboundary Waters

2008 - International Year of Sanitation

2007 - Water Scarcity

2006 - Water and Culture

2005 -  Water for Life

2004 - Water and Disasters

2003 - Water for the Future

2002 - Water for Development

2001 - Water for Health - taking Charge

2000 - Water for the 21st Century

1999 - Everyone lives downstream

1998 - Groundwater - the Invisible resource

1997 - The world's water - is there enough?

1996 - Water for Thirsty Cities

1995 - Women and Water

1994 - Caring for our water resources is everybody's business