Tajikistan global initiatives within the UN

1. Initiative of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan on the proclamation of 2003 as the International Year of Fresh water, proposed during the 54th session of the UN General Assembly (October 1, 1999). Based on this initiative during the 55th Session of the UN General Assembly the year 2003 was declared as the International Year of Fresh Water and the International Forum on fresh water was held in Dushanbe (29 August – 1 September 2003).

2. Initiative of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan on the proclamation of 2005-2015 International Decade for Action "Water for Life". In accordance with the Dushanbe Declaration on December 23, 2003 the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution and declared 2005-2015 the International Decade for Action "Water for Life".

3. Declaration of the year 2013 as the International Year of Water Cooperation.

In 2013 the international community recognized the UN General Assembly Resolution 67/204 on the International Year of Water Cooperation initiated by the Republic of Tajikistan. On February 11, 2013 the ceremony of announcing the International Year of Water Cooperation was held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, in which the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan took part and addressed the gathering.

4. Proposal of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan to announce 2018 - 2028 years International Decade for Action "Water for Sustainable Development". On December 21, 2016 the UN General Assembly adopted the relevant resolution and declared 2018-2028 the International Decade for Action "Water for Sustainable Development". This initiative was originally put forward by the Leader of Peace and National Unity - the Leader of the Nation, the President of the Republic of Tajikistan on April 12, 2015 at the World Water Forum in Daegu, Republic of Korea.

The initiative was adopted by the UN General Assembly as a result of the adoption of the resolution (A/RES/71/222). According to this resolution (OP3) the period from 2018 to 2028 was declared the International Decade for Action "Water for Sustainable Development", which started on 22 March 2018 and ends on 22 March 2028.

In June 2018 following the official launch of the beginning of the Decade in New York on the day of World Water Day (22 March) a High-Level International Conference on the Implementation of the International Decade for Action "Water for Sustainable Development, 2018-2028" with the participation of high-level representatives of the UN member states, international and regional organizations and other interested parties was held on 20-22 June 2018 in Dushanbe. During this Conference, a wide range of issues related to water resources was considered. The results of the Conference gave a new impetus to the process of realizing the above-mentioned decade. In addition, the Dushanbe Conference, which took place on the eve of the next meeting of the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (July 9-18, 2018), which addressed the Sixth Goal of Sustainable Development, has become a timely and important basis for the development of specific recommendations to strengthen measures on the achievement of water-related goals and objectives. At the end of the Conference its outcome document – Dushanbe Declaration was adopted.