UN General Assembly
2013

achievements and developing and coordinating the programme of actions aimed at promoting sustainable development. Further progress in achieving sustainable development depends in many respects on the adequate and timely financing of the planned programmes and projects. In that regard, the activities of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Financing, which is mandated to develop recommendations on effective strategies for financing sustainable development, are of key importance. We support efforts to develop a sustainable development goal for water resources. We believe that the following should be taken into consideration in that regard: ensuring universal access to safe drinking water and sanitation, introducing the integrated management of water resources at the national and regional levels, increasing the efficiency of water use and secondary use of water, adequately financing and investing in water- economy facilities and infrastructure, transferring and introducing advanced technologies, and setting up mutually acceptable mechanisms for the gathering and dissemination of information and data. As stated in the Rio+20 outcome document, “water is at the core of sustainable development as it