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As the coordinating agency for this year's World Water Day, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations will be host to the official ceremony of UN-Water World Water Day 2012. A variety of speakers will be invited to speak in the morning session, to be held in the prestigous Green Room, giving their perspectives on this year's topic of ‘Water and Food Security’. FAO Goodwill Ambassador Anggun will be present as well as renown journalist Rula Jebreal who will facilitate the morning discussions.
The afternoon session will feature a presentation on the 4th edition of the United Nations World Development Report “Managing Water under Uncertainty and Risk” by the World Water Assessment Programme; a follow-up to the 6th World Water Forum, “From field to fork - reduce food waste and change to sustainable diets to reduce your water footprints” and the projection on the enlightening documentary "Taste the Waste". |
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In addition to these activities a variety of exhibits hosted by the World Water Day campaign team who will be on hand to answer your questions on this years campaign and to distribute World Water Day brochures, t-shirts, bags and other memorabilia of the day to vistors.
The morning session will be webcast here.
Download the programme in PDF:
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| Presentation of the 4th edition of the United Nations World Development Report “Managing Water under Uncertainty and Risk” by the World Water Assessment Programme. |
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| “Taste the Waste” - Documentary |
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- The Water We Eat, by UN-Water World Water Day team
- Frutt’Art, by Glaucia Coelho Demenjour
- Photographic exhibition: Rural water use and governance in Central America, by Photographer Manuel Morillo
- Original illustrations of world crops, by Margherita Bongiovanni
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| Introduction by facilitator Ms Rula Jebreal, anchorwoman and journalist |
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| Message sent by the UN Secretary-General Mr Ban Ki-moon |
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| Opening address by Mr José Graziano da Silva, Director-General of FAO |
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| Address by Mr Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization and Chair of UN-Water |
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| Address by Mr Loïc Fauchon, President of the World Water Council (WWC) |
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| Address by Mr Kanayo F. Nwanze, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) |
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| World Water Day video " The World is Thirsty because We are Hungry" |
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Discussion
Introduction by facilitator Ms Rula Jebreal, supported by Mr Erwin Northoff, FAO
Panel members:
Mr Alexander Müller, ADG, Natural Resources Management and Environment Department, FAO
His Excellency Mr Corrado Clini, Minister for the Environment, Land and Sea, Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea, Italy
Mr Franco Braga, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Policy, Italy
Ms Elisabetta Belloni, Director General Italian Cooperation, Italy
Her Excellency Ms Thizwilondi Rejoyce Mabudafhasi, Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Water and Environmental Affairs, South Africa
Mr Luc Guyau, Independent Chairperson of the FAO Council
Mr Carlo Scaramella, Coordinator, Office for Climate Change, Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction, World Food Programme (WFP)
Mr Yaya Adisa Oalitan Olaniran, Chair of the Committee on World Food Security, Permanent Representative to FAO of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Mr Cheikh Mamadou Cissokho, President, Conseil national de concertation et de coopération des ruraux (CNCR), Senegal
Mr Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri, Director General, Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO)
Mr Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) |
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| Questions & Answers with the panellists and the audience |
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| UN-Water “Water for Life” Best Practices Award |
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| Announcement of the Laureate of the Stockholm World Water Prize |
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| Statement and Musical performance by FAO Goodwill Ambassador Anggun |
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 Presentation of the 4th edition of the United Nations World Development Report
“Managing Water under Uncertainty and Risk”
By the UN World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)
The WWDR provides a global strategic outlook on the state of freshwater resources, trends in use of the resource in the various sectors (inter alia, agriculture, industry, energy) and management options in different settings and situations (inter alia, in the context of urbanization, natural disasters, and impacts of global climate change).
The 4th edition (WWDR4), ‘Managing Water under Uncertainty and Risk’ will be launched on 12 March 2012 at the World Water Forum, in Marseille.
On the occasion of World Water Day, the World Water Assessment Programme will present the WWDR4 and its findings, in particular in relation to water and food security.
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“Taste the Waste” – Documentary by Valentin Thurn
A documentary about the worldwide destruction of food.
Why do we throw away so much? And how can we stop this kind of waste?
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 The Water We Eat
by UN-Water World Water Day
Discover the quantity of water necessary to produce food, or the “virtual water” content of food, through this exhibition of images based on photographs submitted to the World Water Day 2012 team by people involved in the campaign around the world. 400 litres of water for a salad, 1200 litres for a pizza, 2500 litres for a hamburger, etc. How much water you do you “eat” every day?
Access the complete gallery on Flickr >>
Frutt’Art
by Glaucia Coelho Demenjour
The exhibition of Frutt'Art by Brasilian artist Glaucia Coehlo Demenjour features fruits from the biodiversity of the world presented as living art from nature. Its aim is raising awareness through art on the linkages of eating more fruit for saving more water making our planet more sustainable and our life healthier. Ms. Demenjour will be present during the day to meet visitors interested in her creations.
Photographic exhibition: Rural water use and governance in Central America
by Photographer Manuel Morillo
This exhibition of photographs illustrates different water uses in Central America, highlighting the need for regulation and good governance so as to ensure food security and water supply in rural communities. The photographs were taken in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua in 2011, during the shooting of a documentary film produced under an FAO legal assistance project on water resources management, funded by Spain (GCP/RLA/171/SPA).
Original illustrations of world crops
by Margheritta Bongiovanni, Professor of Design, Ministry of Education, Italy
Those illustrations were drawn by Italian artist Professor Margherita Bongiovanni for the upcoming FAO publication “Crop Yield Response to Water – FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper No. 66” to be published in Spring 2012. The book includes 30 crops, and examines the efficiency and productivity of water use for crop production. Selected illustrations will be displayed on the occasion of World Water Day 2012. Margherita Bongiovanni will be present during the day to meet visitors.
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