The International Conference on Water and the Environment (IGWE) was held In Dublin, Ireland, from 26 to 31 January 1992. ICWE provided the major input on freshwater problems to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), convened in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 1992. It was also the most significant global conference on water since the United Nations Water Conference held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, In 1977. The two main outputs of the Conference, the Dublin Statement and the Report of the Conference are presented here.