UN-Water News
World Water Day 2021 digital campaign: #Water2me
World Water Day celebrates water and raises awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water. It is about taking action to tackle the global water crisis... Read more
The 33rd UN-Water Meeting
was convened as a virtual event in late September 2020. The 33rd meeting of UN-Water was originally expected to take place from 21-22 August 2020, in... Read more
Untapped potential: water innovation to advance the SDGs
During the SDG Business Forum starting today, a breakout session titled ‘Untapped potential: Water Innovation to advance the SDGs’ will be co-hosted by UN-Water, UN DESA, and UN Global Compact... Read more
10th anniversary of the UNGA resolution on the human rights to water and sanitation
2020 marks the tenth year since the UN General Assembly adopted resolution explicitly recognizing the human rights to water and sanitation. In 2010, the UN General Assembly adopted resolution 64/292... Read more
United Nations launches framework to speed up progress on water and sanitation goal
UN Secretary-General António Guterres and the President of the United Nations General Assembly, joined the UN-Water Chair and heads of 10 United Nations entities, Member States representatives and stakeholders from... Read more
UN-Water 2030 strategy focuses on accelerating progress towards SDG 6
Coordinated action to tackle the complexity and magnitude of the water and sanitation challenges is urgently needed. The UN-Water 2030 Strategy represents a collective way forward to address the water... Read more
SDG 6 Global Acceleration Framework to be launched during 2020 High-level Political Forum
Official launch of the SDG 6 Global Acceleration Framework will take place during the 2020 High-level Political Forum, in a Special Event on Thursday 9 July 2020 at 08:00-09:30 EDT.... Read more
UN-Water Chair: After the pandemic we must build hope through water and sanitation
Opinion Gilbert F. Houngbo, Chair of UN-Water and President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) The coronavirus has stopped the world in its tracks and while the pandemic... Read more
UN-Water launch Analytical Brief on Unconventional Water Resources
Water scarcity is recognized as a key challenge to sustainable development and as a potential cause of social unrest and of conflict... Read more