Annotated Bibliography-Western Europe-Policy Document

Gloria Mulvihill

" The Dublin Statement on Water and Sustainable Development - UN Documents: Gathering a body of global agreements ." UN Documents: Gathering a body of global agreements. Hyperlinked collection of more than 500 key United Nations documents . http://www.un-documents.net/h2o-dub.htm (accessed February 21, 2011).

Five hundred people attended the International Conference on Water and the Environment (ICWE) in Dublin, Ireland in 1992. They addressed the usage of our freshwater resources, acknowledging that these problems were not just for the future, nor are they speculative. Problems such as "overconsumption, pollution, and rising threats from drought and floods" were addressed. Principles were established: freshwater is a finite and vulnerable resource, water development should include users, planners and policy makers, women play a major role in the management and safeguarding of water, and water is an economic good. By increasing awareness and implementing various water projects they hope to solve the global issue of freshwater. This source is a policy document and applicable because of its subject (water) and where the meeting took place (Dublin, Ireland, which is in Western Europe).