KUCHING: The World Water Day 2024’s theme ‘Water for Peace’ is in line with Sarawak’s initiatives for integrated water resource management to ensure sustainable water utilisation not only for clean water supply but also irrigation, hydropower and navigation benefiting future generations.
Minister for Utility and Telecommunication Datuk Seri Julaihi Narawi said Sarawak is blessed with high annual rainfall and abundance of fresh water from the rivers.
“Our water resources are within our full control and not shared with neighbouring countries or states. Hence Sarawak does not face with the issue to compete for the water resources.
“However, the use of this water resource should be well managed in facing the challenge of climate change,” he said in a statement today in conjunction with World Water Day.
Julaihi said Sarawak observes World Water Day, which is held on March 22 every year since 1993.
It is an annual United Nations Observance focusing on the importance of freshwater that includes managing the global water crisis.
“This also supported the aim of the United Nations on Sustainable Development Goal 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030.
“World Water Day 2024 with the theme ‘Water for Peace’ aims to create realisation that water is not a resource to be competed over but a human right for everyone to have access to freshwater and use water for peace.
“This year’s World Water Day is a reminder for us all to unite around water and use water for peace, laying the foundations of a more stable and prosperous tomorrow,” he said.
