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16 November 2020

IAHR host Young Professionals online Congress

The International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) is organising a Young Professionals online Congress on 17-18 November...

11 November 2020

12 November: Water Day at Race-to-Zero dialogues

On 9-19 November the High-Level Champions for Global Climate Action are convening the Race to Zero Dialogues, in close...

09 November 2020

WSSCC is transforming into the Sanitation and Hygiene Fund

The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) will cease to exist as of 31 December 2020, when the...

05 November 2020

UN expert: At time of crisis, we must guarantee water and sanitation for all

The third Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, Mr. Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, was appointed...

02 November 2020

Sanitation and Water for All organize three virtual Finance Ministers’ Meetings

Building on the previous Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) Finance Ministers’ Meetings, and adapting to these unexpected times...

29 October 2020

IAEA offers training and support to laboratories monitoring groundwater

Diagnosing the age of modern groundwater (up to 60 years old) using tritium is important in mapping aquifer reserves...

26 October 2020

Taking time machine back to 2014: What could have been done differently?

In 2014, the Human Rights Council appointed Mr. Léo Heller as the second Special Rapporteur on the human rights...

22 October 2020

Sharing water in Rwanda’s breadbasket

In Nyagatare district - known as Rwanda’s breadbasket - the farmers rear livestock and cultivate crops such as maize...

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19 October 2020

World Toilet Day 2020: Sustainable sanitation and climate change

World Toilet Day, 19 th November, celebrates toilets and raises awareness of the 4.2 billion people living without access...

MINUSMA meets university students of Bamako

15 October 2020

Private actors, privatization and the human rights to water and sanitation

On 16 October, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, is organizing...

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