A/RES/64/198 Johannesburg Plan of Implementation to halve the proportion of people without access to basic sanitation as well as to develop integrated water resources management and water efficiency plans by 2005, with support to developing countries, Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions 7/22 of 28 March 2008 6 and 12/8 of 1 October 2009, 7 on human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation, 5F 6F Taking note of national, regional and international efforts to implement the International Decade for Action, “Water for Life”, 2005–2015, and of numerous recommendations from international and regional water and water-related events, with a view to taking concrete actions to accelerate progress at all levels towards achieving the internationally agreed water-related goals contained in Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21, the United Nations Millennium Declaration and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, Taking note also of the holding of the Fifth World Water Forum in Istanbul, Turkey, from 16 to 22 March 2009, and noting that the Sixth World Water Forum will be held in Marseille, France, in March 2012, 1. Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General; 8 7F 2. Welcomes the activities related to the implementation of the International Decade for Action, “Water for Life”, 2005–2015, undertaken by Member States, the Secretariat and the organizations of the United Nations system, inter alia, through inter-agency work, as well as contributions from major groups, and emphasizes the importance of country-level implementation of the Decade; Encourages Member States, the Secretariat, organizations of the United 3. Nations system through their coordination mechanism, and major groups to continue their efforts to achieve the internationally agreed water-related goals contained in Agenda 21,1 the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21,2 the United Nations Millennium Declaration5 and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation;3 0H 1H 2H 3H 4. Welcomes the work of the Commission on Sustainable Development at its twelfth, thirteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth sessions on the issues of water and sanitation, and looks forward to any relevant activities of the Commission; Welcomes the generous offer of the Government of Tajikistan to host, in 5. June 2010, a high-level international conference on the midterm comprehensive review of the implementation of the Decade; Invites the President of the General Assembly to convene a high-level 6. interactive dialogue of the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly in New York on 22 March 2010, World Water Day, on the implementation of the Decade; Stresses the importance of the full involvement of all relevant 7. stakeholders, including women, children, older persons, persons with disabilities, indigenous people and other local communities, in the implementation of the Decade at all levels, including its midterm comprehensive review; _______________ 6 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-third Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/63/53), chap. II. See A/HRC/12/50, part one, chap. I. 8 A/59/167 and A/60/158. 7 2