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File #: 23-0269    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 3/6/2023 In control: Miscellaneous & New Business
On agenda: 3/16/2023 Final action: 3/16/2023
Title: RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing March 22nd as World Water Day

RESOLUTION FOR BOARD MEETING OF MARCH 16, 2023

 

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RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing March 22nd as World Water Day

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WHEREAS, held annually on March 22nd, World Water Day is intended to emphasize and promote the value of water, not only in the context of a healthy, sustainable drinking source, but also in terms of the importance of water in transportation, economic development, and the overall stability of culture and society.  On this day, private organizations, government agencies, and public institutions seek to highlight the global water emergency with the expectation of creating local and international partnerships that will work towards correcting the problem; and

 

WHEREAS, the concept of World Water Day was first introduced in 1992 at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro.  On December 22, 1992, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring March 22nd of each year as World Water Day, to begin in the year 1993; and

 

WHEREAS, this year World Water Day will focus specifically on Sustainable Development Goal 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030.  Currently, the timeline for this goal has been significantly disrupted and as a result 2 billion people (25% of the global population) continue to be negatively impacted by their lack of access to clean water.  To aid in accomplishing Sustainable Development Goal 6 by 2030, government agencies will need to work four times faster.  Additionally, individuals, communities, and businesses will need to increase their contributions and participation in this global campaign; and

 

WHEREAS, there will be a coinciding United Nations 2023 Water Conference that will take place in New York from March 22nd to March 24th.  The conference, convened by the United Nations General Assembly, will be co-hosted by the Netherlands and the Republic of Tajikistan.  This will be the first conference on water sponsored by the United Nations since 1977; and

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that we, the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, on behalf of ourselves and our staff, do hereby recognize March 22nd as World Water Day; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution be spread upon the permanent Record of Proceedings of the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.

 

Dated: March 16, 2023