UN-Water News
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
The 2020 Data Drive: Joining Forces to Report on Progress towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6
The SDG 6 Synthesis Report 2018 concluded that the world is far from reaching... Read more
UN World Water Development Report 2020 ‘Water and Climate Change’
Water resources an essential part of the solution to climate change. Launch of the UN World Water Development Report on... Read more
Joint statement for World Water Day and World Meteorological Day 2020
World Water Day and World Meteorological Day 2020 Joint message Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization, Gilbert F. Houngbo, Chair... Read more
COVID-19: World Water Day face-to-face observances postponed
The United Nations is actively addressing the global COVID-19 outbreak by for example providing situation reports, technical guidelines and advice for the public.... Read more