Budapest Water Summit
BUDAPEST WATER SUMMIT: 8-11 October 2013
Magyar Posta is
issuing a special miniature sheet to commemorate the Budapest Water Summit to
be held between 8-11 October 2013. Both the stamp and the border illustration
are decorated by graphic compositions depicting the diversity and versatility
of water. The main motive, rippling blue water, is accompanied by various
patterns referring to the diverse uses of water or the location of the Summit,
such as the Margaret Island water tower, sailboats, a sweep well, the Széchenyi
spa and the Chain Bridge. The miniature sheet, printed by the ANY Biztonsági Nyomda (ANY Security Printing
Company) based on designs by graphic artist István Weisenburger, will be available from 4 October at major post
offices and at Filaposta or can be ordered from Magyar Posta's Internet shop.
The
Budapest Water Summit is held in order to help stakeholders reach a consensus
with regard to water and sanitation policy goals. Topics
on the agenda of the Summit include: Striving for universal access to water and
sanitation; Integrated water resources management for the 21st century; Good
water governance; Green economy for blue water; Investment in and financing of
the implementation of water and sanitation sustainable development goals. The Budapest
Water Summit is linked to the events of the United Nations International Year
of Water Cooperation, initiated by the UNESCO. Fresh
water accounts for a mere 2% of the Earth's water resources. That scarce
natural resource, however, is of crucial importance in all segments of life. As
the collective result of the increasing needs of the population and the climate
change, by 2030, competing water requirements are expected to result in a 40%
scarcity of global water supply. As Europe and Hungary will also be involved in
that process, access to water will increasingly become a fundamental issue of
peace and prosperity on the level of both nations and individuals.
(Source: budapestwatersummit.hu)
WATER SUMMIT
Order code: 2013290040011 (miniature sheet), 2013290060012
(FDC)
Date of issue: 4 October 2013
Nominal value: HUF 365
Number of copies issued: 80,000 stamps
Perforated size of the stamp: 30
x 40 mm
Imperforated external size of the
miniature sheet: 90 x 90 mm
Printed by: ANY Security Printing Company
Designing artist: István Weisenburger
