The celebration of World Water Day 2009 in Sudan will provide an opportunity to focus on the importance of a shared responsibility for the management of vital resources, as the country strives to increase access to clean water and adequate sanitation.

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To mark the celebration of World Water Day, the Government of Rwanda officially inaugurated the MIZINGO water supply system in the Western Province of the country. This system will provide improved water and sanitation facilities to over one hundred thousand men, women and children and has been made possible through the support of Aqua Rwanda and Pure Water in Nature (a Dutch NGO) under the management of AquaVirunga.

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UNICEF will raise the need to provide life-saving water and sanitation support to children, particularly during emergencies, at a major international conference on water being held from 16 - 22 March, in Istanbul.

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