20. 在“十年”期间，非洲为实现 2005 至 2015 年期间的目标取得了重大进展。水问题在非洲大陆政治议程中的地位出现前所未有的提高，甚至成为国家元首一级关心的重要问题。非洲部长级水事理事会成立于 2002 年，以 2025 年非洲水资源设想(2000)为基础，旨在促进合作、安全、社会和经济发展，消除贫穷，促进加强政治意愿，实现千年发展目标中与水有关的具体目标。2008 年，各国政府通过了集中关注环境卫生和个人卫生的《特克维尼宣言》。随后在同一年通过了非洲国家元首的《沙姆沙伊赫宣言》，在其中同意致力于实现千年发展目标和水安全。非洲部长理事会为实现与“十年”有关的目标采取了进一步行动和执行工作，如非洲卫生会议、非洲水周和非洲水事融资机制(与非洲开发银行合作建立)。
20. During the Decade, Africa made significant progress towards achieving the objectives that had been laid out for the period of 2005-2015. Water rose higher than it ever had in the political agenda of the continent, becoming a key issue even at the level of Heads of State. The African Ministers’ Council on Water was founded in 2002, with the African Water Vision for 2025 (2000) as its foundation, to promote cooperation, security, social and economic development, and poverty eradication as well as help drive political will towards the meeting of the targets under the water-related Millennium Development Goals. In 2008, national Governments adopted the eThekwini Declaration, which focused on sanitation and hygiene. This was followed in the same year by the adoption of the Sharm el-Sheikh Declaration, an agreement of the Heads of State of Africa, in which they committed to the Millennium Development Goals and water security. Further action and implementation of Decade-related goals were galvanized by the African Ministers’ Council through such initiatives as AfricaSan, Africa Water Week and the African Water Facility (in collaboration with the African Development Bank).