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26 Oct 2021 NEW YORK NY, United States

Water Efficiency And Accountability For Equitable Distribution

UN-Water Expert Group warns that the pressure on freshwater resources will not relax Fair distribution will benefit those in greater need.

6 Mar 2021 WASHINGTON DC, United States

Biden administration reengages US with “flawed” UN Human Rights Council as Wall Street bets on water futures

In another reversal of Trump-era policy, US secretary of state Antony Blinken has announced the intention of the Biden administration to “reengage immediately and robustly” with the council.The Trump administration withdrew from the UNHRC in 2018 citing entrenched bias against Israel and concern at the council’s willingness to admit nations which were themselves frequent abusers of human rights...

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30 Jun 2020 ACCRA, Ghana

Ghana Accedes To Water And Watercourses Conventions For Transboundary Cooperation

Ghana has confirmed accession to the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention), becoming the third African country and 44th Party to join the Convention, managed by United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). Ghana also has become a Party to the Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses (Watercourses Convention)...

16 Apr 2020 WASHINGTON DC, United States

Investing In Water Access To Address Coronavirus

The World Resources Institute (WRI), a global research non-profit organization, has called for immediate implementation of solutions to increase water supplies and access for the most vulnerable, to address the spread of coronavirus throughout the world.An 8 April blog emphasises that nearly 1 billion people live in conditions that frequent handwashing is difficult or impossible, saying that governments must “take steps to not only expand water access now to control COVID-19, but to create resilient communities by addressing the root problems of water insecurity...

15 Apr 2020 GENEVA, Switzerland

UN-Water Collates Member And Partner Statements On COVID Pandemic

While there is no single United Nations entity dedicated exclusively to water issues, over 30 UN organisations carry out water and sanitation programmes, reflecting the fact that water issues run through all of the UN’s main focus areas.UN-Water, which coordinates the efforts of UN entities and international organizations working on water and sanitation issues, has brought together water and sanitation-related information from UN-Water Members and Partners in the light of the coronavirus global emergency to ensure the most up-to-date information, resources and guidance as they become available...

26 Mar 2020 NEW YORK NY, United States

Guterres: "The Solution Is Clear"

In a World Water Day address, United Nation Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described water as "the primary medium through which we perceive the effect of climate disruption, from extreme weather events, such as droughts and floods, to glacial melting, saltwater intrusion and sea level rise". The United Nations’ World Water Day 2020 focused on “Water and Climate Change”...

29 Sep 2019 NEW YORK NY, United States

UN-Water Highlights Climate Change Impacts On Water Stresses

A new policy brief from UN-Water, the interagency mechanism that coordinates the efforts of United Nations entities and international organizations working on water and sanitation issues, highlights that climate change increases variability in the water cycle and makes extreme weather events more frequent...

22 Sep 2019 STOCKHOLM, Sweden

Increased Ambition, Investment And Action Required In Pursuit Of SDG 6 Goal

The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and 23 co-signing entities have called for “wise and resilient water management [that] offers a pathway for integrated and transformative action that leverages synergies across the global agendas.”An open letter from multilateral institutions and NGOs, in advance of the United Nations Climate Action Summit (New York, September 21 to September 23, 2019), reiterates the lack of global progress on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 and cites UN-Water’s SDG6 Synthesis Report (2018)...

28 Jul 2019 GENEVA, Switzerland

UN Water: Policy Brief On Climate Change Crisis

Describing the linkage between water challenges and climate change, a new UN Water Policy Brief calls for increased investment in improved hydrological data, institutions and governance, education and capacity development, risk assessment and knowledge sharing.Released July 12, the paper emphasizes the impact of climate change on the variability of the water cycle: weather events create an unpredictability of water availability which, in turn, affects water quality and quantity and further threatens biodiversity and sustainable development...

19 Mar 2019 GENEVA, Switzerland

"Leaving No One Behind": 2019 United Nations World Water Development Report

The United Nations World Water Development Report 2019 (WWDR), launched March 19 with the theme "Leaving No One Behind", argues that fulfilling the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation for all can also significantly contribute to the achievement of the broad set of goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: from food and energy security, to economic development and environmental sustainability...

7 Jul 2018 New YORK, NY

World Is Not On Track To Meet SDG 6: UN-Water

The world is not on track to reach United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) on Water and Sanitation by the deadline set for 2030, according to a new report from UN-Water, the United Nations entity tasked with coordinating 30 UN organizations’ activities relating to water and sanitation...

31 Jan 2017 AMSTERDAM, Netherlands

“UN-Water” – a World Water Day Campaign

UN-Water, a coagulation of United Nations agencies, has declared that World Water Day (22nd March, 2017) is “all about wastewater, and how we should be reducing and reusing it rather than letting it go down the drain”, encouraging individuals to “download your inspiration” and “share what you are doing” ( www...

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