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Launch of the 4th UN World Water Development Report

On 12 March 2012, at the 6th World Water Forum in Marseille, France, the UNESCO Director General, Irina Bokova, will launch the 4th UN World Water Development Report (WWDR4) ‘Managing Water under Uncertainty and Risk’.
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World Water Day 2012
promises to be the best ever

With over 50 worldwide events already submitted, an ever growing amount of campaign materials, and almost 8,000 friends on Facebook, the UN-Water World Water Day 2012 campaign is gathering momentum and promises to be the biggest ever!
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UN-Water releases its statement for the Rio+20 summit

The statement reflects the collective opinion of the UN-Water Members and comprises recommendations to the participants of the UNCSD 2012.
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UN-WDPAC Bimonthly Publications Review #8 Now Online
1 Feb 2012
Adeel ZafarProduced 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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Water for Life/UNW-DPAC
video library now online!
19 Jan 2012
The UN Office to support the International Decade for Action ‘Water for Life’ 2005-2015/UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Communication (UNW-DPAC) has just launched a video library. This video library features water-related videos produced by United Nations agencies, programmes and/or initiatives, and facilitates access to this selection of videos by theme and by region. It also provides access to UN Youtube Water Channels.

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Calling all Creatives: Win 5000 Euros by designing an ad on preserving water!
16 Dec 2011
UNEP and the UNRIC in collaboration with partners launched on 9 December a European Advertising competition open to professionals and non-professionals in 48 European countries called "The Future We Want – Drop by Drop" to highlight the links between water, the green economy and next year's Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development.

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Now Available - Conference Book "Water in the Green Economy in Practice: Towards Rio+20"
3 Jan 2012

Water in the Green EconomyThe Conference Book presents the main outcomes of the Conference that took place in Zaragoza, Spain, from 3 to 5 October 2011. It includes in particular a Water Toolbox, a best practice guide of actions, instruments and policies which can support the transition towards a green economy and constitutes a contribution of UN-Water to the Rio+20 process.

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Safe Use of Wastewater in Agriculture
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UNW-DPC, together with FAO, UNEP and UNU-INWEH, is beginning a two-year project on the topic of "Safe Use of Wastewater in Agriculture." An international workshop to kick off the project will take place in Bonn on November 14th and 15th, with regional workshops to follow.

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New Video on FAOs Andhra Pradesh Water Monitoring Project
26 Jan 2012

Adeel ZafarSix thousand farmers have been trained in groundwater management by a project run by Indian NGOs and guided by the FAO. This video, entiled 'India's barefoot water scientists' is a look at what happens when these farmers are empowered to manage their own resources scientifically and in cooperation with other farmers.

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Entries for the WASH Media Awards accepted until April 1st 2012
19 Jan 2012

Adeel ZafarThe Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) and the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) welcome entries for the fourth edition of the WASH Media Awards. This competition is open to journalists who publish or broadcast original investigative stories and reports on water supply, sanitation or hygiene (WASH) related issues and their impact on individual and country development.

Entries must be published or broadcast between 1st April 2011 and 1st April 2012 in English, French or Hindi (works not originally produced in one of these languages must be submitted together with a translation). Eligible formats are: print & online, TV, radio, cartoons & photos.

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UN-Water: The Road to Rio...
4 Jan 2012

The session "The Road to Rio" was hosted by UN-Water at the Bonn Conference on Adeel ZafarThe Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus - Solutions for the Green Economy, on 16 November 2011 in Bonn, Germany. UN-Water discussed its messages for Rio+20 and key initiatives that are important in supporting the role of water in the development agenda. UN-Water Statement on "Water in the Green Economy" was also presented.

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Analysis of Water Discourse in Four Decades of UN Declarations
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Water is essential to life. The vocabulary of water percolates into daily conversations worldwide, whether in relation to personal or societal survival, the status and health of the global environment, or to water's importance in other realms of sustainable development including food and energy security.

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