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Water Day at Rio+20: 19 June 2012
Recognizing Progress, Taking Action for the Future We Want |
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UN-Water will host a Water Day on 19 June at the Rio+20 Conference, with the following objectives:
- Demonstrate to the broad range of stakeholders, particularly decision makers, that some of the major challenges facing humanity today relate to water management; this will be based on findings of the major UN-Water reports.
- Identify major water issues that connect with the themes of the Rio+20 Conference, particularly its link with the notion of green economy.
- Focus on the means of implementation, especially the action areas where UN organizations and agencies can act together through UN-Water.
The Water Day will concentrate on UN-Water contribution to the Rio+20 Conference, building on the UN-Water Statement and on the UN-Water deliverables for Rio+20, and will engage in high-level panel discussions on the relevance of water in the Rio+20 outcomes.
UN-Water will also release its Status Report on the Application of Integrated Approaches to the Development, Management and Use of Water Resources, specifically produced for Rio+20.
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Programme of the day:
All sessions will take place on 19 June 2012 in room P3-6 at RioCentro.
Download the programme in PDF 
| 9:30-9:35 |
Welcome address
Michel Jarraud, Chair, UN-Water |
| 9:35-9:40 |
Keynote address
Achim Steiner, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) |
| 9:40-10:00 |
Presentation: Key findings of UN-Water Status Report on the Application of Integrated Approaches to the Development, Management and Use of Water Resources
Peter Koefoed Bjornsen, Director, UNEP-DHI Centre for Water and Environment |
| 10:00-11:10 |
Panel discussion and Q&A with the audience:
Moderator: Veerle Vandeweerd, Director Environment & Energy Group Bureau for Development Policy, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Panellists:
- H.E. Hesham Kandil, Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Egypt, and President, African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW)
- H.E. Rashad bin Fahad, Minister of Environment and Water, United Arab Emirates
- Hannele Pokka, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of the Environment, Finland
- Peter Kovacs, State Secretary for Water, Ministry of Rural Development, Hungary (to be confirmed)
- José Luis Luege Tamargo, Director General, National Water Commission of Mexico (CONAGUA)
- Letitia Obeng, Chair, Global Water Partnership
- Alexander Müller, Assistant Director-General for Natural Resources, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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| 11:10-11:15 |
Official launch and hand-over of the report by Michel Jarraud to Brice Lalonde, Executive Coordinator of Rio+20 |
| 11:15-11:20 |
Closing remarks by Brice Lalonde |
| 11:35-11:40 |
Welcome address
Gerard Payen, United Nations Secretary General Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation (UNSGAB) |
| 11.40-11.50 |
Keynote address
Michel Jarraud, Chair, UN-Water |
| 11:50-12:00 |
Special address
Loic Fauchon, President, World Water Council |
| 11:00-12:55 |
Panel discussion and Q&A with the audience
Moderator: Joan Clos, Executive Director, UN HABITAT
Panellists
- H.E. Fatou Gaye, Minister of Fisheries and Water resources, The Gambia
- Joppe Cramwinckel, Director, Water, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
- Nicholas K. Alipui, Director of Programmes, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- Maria Neira, Director, Public Health and Environment, World Health Organization (WHO)
- Jason Morrison, Director, Pacific Institute, CEO Water Mandate
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| 12:55-13:00 |
Wrap-up and closing remarks
Gerard Payen, United Nations Secretary General Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation (UNSGAB) |
| 17.30-17.35 |
Opening
Jack Moss, Senior Advisor, Aquafed |
| 17:35-17:40 |
Video message
Catarina de Albuquerque, Special Rapporteur on the human right to water and to sanitation |
| 17.40-17:50 |
Keynote address
Olcay Ünver, Director, United Nations World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) |
| 17:50-18:50 |
Panel discussion and Q&A with the audience:
Moderator: Archana Patkar, Programme Manager, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC)
Panellists:
- H.E. Svandis Svavarsdottir, Minister of Environment, Iceland
- Anil Naidoo, Coordinator, Blue Planet Project
- Andre Dzikus, Chief of Water and Sanitation, UN-HABITAT
- Clifford Henry, Associate Director - P&G Global Sustainability, The Procter & Gamble Company
- Esther de Jong, Deputy Director, Gender and Water Alliance (GWA)
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| 18:50-19:00 |
Wrap-up and closing remarks
Jack Moss, Senior Advisor, Aquafed |
| 19:30-19:40 |
Welcome address
Irina Bokova, Director General, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) |
| 19:40-19:45 |
High-level address
Sven Alkalaj, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) |
| 19:45-19:55 |
Film projection
Participatory approaches in Brazil, an example from AguaBoa |
| 19:55-20:50 |
Panel discussion and Q&A with the audience: Water cooperation in action: testimony and commitments
Chair: Irina Bokova, Director General, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Moderator: Johan Kuylenstierna, Executive Director, Stockholm Environment Institute
Panellists:
- Jean-Francois Donzier, International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO)
- Le Duc Trung, Mekong River Commission Secretariat (to be confirmed)
- Nelton Miguel Friedrich, Director, Coordination and Environment, AguaBoa, Brazil
- Lasse Gustavsson, Executive Director, WWF International
- Karin Lexén, Director, Swedish Water House initiative at SIWI, Chair of the Swedish IHP Committee
- Peter Oganga Mangiti, Director, Land Reclamation and Water Services, Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Kenya (to be confirmed)
- Ivan Zavadsky, Global Environment Facility (GEF)
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| 20:50-20:55 |
High-level message: "From Dushanbe 2011 to Dushanbe 2013"
H.E. Emomali Rahmon, President of Tajikistan |
| 20:55-21:00 |
Wrap-up and closing remarks
Michel Jarraud, Chair, UN-Water |
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