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02 April 2020

COVID-19: water and sanitation-related information

However, the spread of the virus is closely related to water and sanitation. Cleaning hands can reduce the transmission...

30 March 2020

Progressive realization of the human rights to water and sanitation

In the context of the human rights to water and sanitation, the obligation of progressive realization reflects the need...

United Nations Forum on Forests Photo Competition

26 March 2020

The Global Water Partnership launch Water ChangeMaker Awards 2020

“We are launching the Water ChangeMaker Awards together with about 20 partner organisations at a time of global pain...

23 March 2020

CEO Water Mandate launch Water Resilience Coalition

Gilbert F. Houngbo, Chair of UN-Water and President, International Fund for Agricultural Development said establishing the coalition was the...

21 March 2020

UN World Water Development Report 2020 ‘Water and Climate Change’

Paris/Geneva — Climate change will affect the availability, quality and quantity of water needed for basic human needs, thus...

21 March 2020

Joint statement for World Water Day and World Meteorological Day 2020

Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization, Gilbert F. Houngbo, Chair of UN-Water and President of the International Fund for...

Secretary-General and Mrs. Ban Planting mangroves with H.E. Mr. Anote Tong, President of Kiribati, other Senior Government Officials and Youth.

19 March 2020

UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) now host an...

16 March 2020

WMO expects above average temperatures

Earlier this month, the UN agency published its latest update on El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a naturally occurring phenomenon...

12 March 2020

COVID-19: World Water Day face-to-face observances postponed

In the light of the global spread of the virus and following instructions from national authorities and guidance from...

11 March 2020

2020 a year for nature and biodiversity

People everywhere need to remember that we depend on Mother Earth to survive, the UN chief said in his...

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