in 1990, a group of senior staff of developing country governments, bilateral and multilateral agencies, ngos and research institutions founded wsscc. on december 21, 1990, the 45th session of the un general assembly elected to pass resolution a/res/45/181, which emphasized the “importance of intensifying the coordination of national activities undertaken with the assistance of all relevant agencies in the field of water supply and sanitation through, in particular, the inter-agency steering committee for co-operative action for the international drinking water decade and the water supply and sanitation collaborative council”. through this resolution the wsscc was formally established as an independent organization with a united nations mandate.