






	The 4^th World Water Forum was held in Mexico form March 16 to 22,
	2006 under the theme of "Local Actions for a Global Challenge".
	Approximately 19,000 representative of governments, international
	organizations, private enterprise, non-governmental organizations
	(NGOs), research institutes and others from about 140 countries.
	participated


	Photo from Webpage of Japan Water Forum ; http://www.waterforum.jp/eng/



	The World Water Forum is an international conference organized by the
	World Water Council (WWC) to discuss global water issues. It is held
	once every three years for about one week including the World Water
	Day on March 22. The 1^st World Water Forum was held in 1997 at
	Marrakesh, Kingdom of Morroco,and 2^nd Forum was held in 2000 at the
	Hague in Netherlands. The 3^rd forum was held in March 2003 in Japan.

	http://www.sbmc.or.jp/english/3rd.html

	In the message from the President of Mexico in the Program Brochure,
	it was stated that the importance of water and the powerful impact
	of water on the well-being of people and on the economic development
	of nation is widely recognized in Mexico, and Water is considered as
	a strategic resource of national security.

	In the forum, about 150 session meetings were conducted in 5 themes,
	Water for Growth and Development, Implementing Integrated Water
	Resources Management, Water Supply and Sanitation for All, Water
	Management for Food and the Environment, and Risk Management

	In the theme of Implementing IWRM, Session on "Wastewater Management
	for Implementing Integrated Water Resources Management" was held on
	March 18. This session was organized by the Japan Water Reclamation
	Committee which consist of Ministry of Land Infrastructure and
	related organization.

	In this session, Mr. Tadao Ishikawa, Vice-President, Japan Sewage
	Works Agency made a Keynote Speech, "Wastewater Reuse for Water
	Resources Management", and Panel Discussion was conducted following
	the speech. Participated organizations in this Panel Discussion
	were MLIT and Kyoto University from Japan, State of Baja California
	in Mexico, Water Environment Federation (WEF) in United States,
	and the European Water Association (EWA).

	In Panel Discussion, present status regarding treated wastewater
	reuse and wastewater treatment management in each region and country
	was reported and discussed.

	At the end of this session on Wastewater Management for Implementing
	Integrated Water Resources Management, Message from the Japan Water
	Reclamation Committee for the World Water Forum was announced as follows.



	In total, under the forum's theme of "Local Actions for a Global
	Challenge", the Ministerial Declaration was adopted, which
	proclaimed the importance of water issues for sustainable.
	development and this forum's contribution to further promoting
	international agreements and commitments. At the 4th World Water
	Forum, Japan proactively contributed in terms of raising world
	awareness of water issues, proposing policies, sharing information
	and supporting capacity building while steadily implementing the
	outcomes and commitments of the previous forum.

	It has been decided that the 5th forum will be held in 2009 in
	Istanbul, Republic of Turkey.

	Also, please refer to following Web Pages;
	http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/environment/wwf

	http://www.worldwaterforum4.org.mx/home/home.asp


	Japan Pavilion in 4th World Water Forum

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