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New Water Thematic Factsheets
What do you know about water issues? Discover our updated and expanded series of Water Factsheets on a range of issues related to water including water scarcity, climate change, sanitation, water and urbanization, water quality, transboundary waters, water and food, water and disasters.
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UN-Water gives its 2013 ‘Water for Life’ Best Practices Award
22 March 2013 - The Hague
Category 1 has been awarded to a project focusing on groundwater management using the system of nature from Kumamoto city in Japan and Category 2 has been awarded to a project focusing on safe water and sanitation for all in the Republic of Moldova.
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Themes for the next two World Water Development Reports announced
The first annual WWDR will be published in 2014 and will address "Water and Energy" while "Water and Sustainable Development" will be the theme for the 2015 edition. The theme of World Water Day on 22 March will be harmonized with that of the report starting in 2014.
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Open Working Group on SDGs to address water at its 3rd session - 22-24 May |
| Posted: 14 May 2013 |
 The intergovernmental Open Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) called for in the Rio+20 Outcome Document is convening its third meeting on 22-24 May 2013.
The session is expected to discuss issues of food security and nutrition, sustainable agriculture, drought, desertification, and land degradation for 1.5 days, and water and sanitation for the other 1.5 days. Proceedings will be available
in real time via UN Webcast.
See the Issue Brief on Water prepared by the UN System Technical Support Team (TST) 
More information on the 3rd session |
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22 May: International Day for Biodiversity on "Water and Biodiversity" |
| Posted: 14 May 2013 |
 The theme Water and Biodiversity was chosen to coincide with the 2013 International Year of Water Cooperation.
A special event in New York on 22 May will bring attention to the importance of biodiversity to water and its contribution to the SDGs process, to the achievement of the UN development objectives and to the post-2015 development agenda.
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The Water Thematic Consultation Report is out for comment until 5 May |
| Posted: 29 Apr 2013 |
 The final draft of the Post-2015 Water Thematic Consultation report has been released for a final round of comments until 5 May 2013. The report attempts to synthesize the various components of the consultation including the preparations for the online discussions, the web-based dialogue, face to face meetings as well as a High-Level Forum which endorsed the Thematic Consultation's main messages.
Download the report and contribute to the online discussion
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UN Deputy Secretary-General's Call to Action on Sanitation: 1000 days to act before the 2015 MDG deadline |
| Posted: 9 Apr 2013 |
 Despite considerable progress made since 1990, 15% of the world's population still practice open defecation, one of the clearest manifestations of extreme poverty. Recognizing that greater progress on sanitation is essential for fighting poverty and for achieving all the MDGs, the UN Deputy SG Jan Eliasson has initiated a renewed effort to drive progress on sanitation and water goals as we head towards 2015. He is calling on all actors to do their part. With a thousand days for action before the 2015 MDG deadline, we have a unique window of opportunity to deliver a generational change.
UN News Center
Invitation: "A Matter of Life:
Investing in Sanitation" - 19 Apr Washington DC
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Latest newsletter now available - Special Water Security |
| Posted: 6 May 2013 |
 The latest newsletter focuses on water security and looks at the recently released working definition proposed by UN-Water in its Analytical Brief "Water Security and the Global Water Agenda". The review includes quick facts, a new infographic showing the key elements of water security as well as a 4-pages summary of the Brief for decision makers.
UN-Water Analytical Brief on "Water Security and the Global Water Agenda" is now also available as an online flipbook.
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New Analytical Brief: a proposed definition of "water security" on which much depends |
| Posted: 22 Mar 2013 |
 The new publication proposes a working definition of water security developed from contributions made by the broad range of organizations, agencies, programmes and institutions that form UN-Water. It is intended to serve as a starting point for dialogue on water security in the UN system. The Brief, produced by UN-Water Task Force on Water Security, aims to capture the dynamic and constantly evolving dimensions of water and water-related issues, and offers a holistic outlook for addressing water challenges through the umbrella of water security.
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Download Analytical Brief (2.2 Mb PDF)
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UNW-DPAC bimonthly publications review issue of March 2013 now online |
| Posted: 20 Mar 2013 |
 Produced by the UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Communication (UNW-DPAC), this review brings you every two months the latest publications produced by United Nations agencies and programmes on issues related to water and sanitation.
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IISD publishes a summary of the consultation on water in the Post-2015 Development Agenda |
| Posted: 14 Mar 2013 |
 On 27-28 February 2013, almost 200 participants from 70 countries gathered at UNECE at the Palais des Nations in Geneva to discuss the role of water in the Post-2015 Development Agenda. Building on the five weeks of online consultations of the Thematic Consultation on Water for the "World We Want", the participants reviewed 2 of the 3 identified streams, 1) Water Resources Management and 2) Wastewater Management and Water Quality, and their place in the future development agenda.
Read IISD Summary
Read more on the meeting in Geneva
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