30. 在“十年”下半期，联合国水机制举办的活动取得了巨大成功，提高了公众对水问题的认识，所影响的公众范围超过了联合国系统的历史记录。这些活动包括：(a) “十年”本身；(b) 世界水日，14 每年 3 月 22 日举行，通过介绍与水有关的一个具体专题，激发水资源界和其他各界的兴趣和关注；(c)“向 2015 进发：人人享有环境卫生”运动，旨在使卫生设施成为全球发展优先事项；(d) 世界厕所日，15 自 2013 年以来每年 11 月 19 日举行的庆祝活动，目的是提高全世界对环境卫生问题的认识。
30. In the second half of the Decade, campaigns became one of the major success stories of UN-Water, having raised water awareness among members of the public — a public wider than any reached before by the United Nations system. These included (a) the Decade itself, (b) World Water Day,14 an event held yearly on 22 March which generates excitement within the water community and beyond through presentation of a specific water-related topic, (c) the “Drive to 2015: sanitation for all” campaign, which aimed at making sanitation a global development priority and (d) World Toilet Day,15 celebrated every 19 November since 2013, which is intended to raise awareness on sanitation issues worldwide.