22. 自“十年”启动以来，拉丁美洲和加勒比区域在实现国际商定的水和环境卫生目标及具体目标方面取得了重大进展。虽然与环境卫生相比，在饮用水供应方面取得了更大的进展，但拉加经委会努力在体制框架内缩小存在的差距，确保实现经济效率、社会平等和环境可持续性，这是可持续发展的支柱，也是促进水安全、合作和水资源综合管理的基础。在“十年”后五年中举办的世界水论坛的推动下，美洲水论坛明确了前进方向，汇集非洲大陆各次区域的不同利益攸关方和行为体，努力达成可持续水资源管理的共同愿景。8
22. Since the inauguration of the Decade, the region of Latin America and the Caribbean has made substantial progress towards the achievement of internationally agreed water- and sanitation-related goals and targets. While headway has been made more significantly with regard to drinking-water supplies compared with sanitation, ECLAC has directed efforts towards addressing the gaps, specifically within institutional frameworks, to ensure economic efficiency, social equality and environment sustainability, the pillars of sustainable development, as a basis for promoting water security, cooperation and integrated water resources management. Propelled by the World Water Forums held during the second half of the Decade, the Water Forum of the Americas has set forth on a path towards bringing together diverse stakeholders and actors from the different subregions of the continent to work towards forging a common vision for sustainable water resources management.8