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17 June 2019

17 June: World Day to Combat Desertification

Out of concern that “desertification and drought are problems of global dimension in that they affect all regions of...

13 June 2019

Regional workshop on Integrated Resource Management in Asian cities

The previous eight regional workshops has provided a platform in which multi-stakeholder dialogue focusing on the urban nexus approach...

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07 June 2019

Survey on water and the United Nations

The ‘quizurvey’ – a hybrid between a quiz and a survey – takes around 10 minutes to complete and...

Urbanization in Asia City view of Dhaka.

06 June 2019

Latin American conference on Megacities, Water and Climate Change

Today, 700 million urbanites live without improved sanitation, contributing to poor health conditions and heavy pollution loads in wastewater...

03 June 2019

Workshop hosted on Water Cooperation in the context of SDG 6

The workshop was organized as part of a series of thematic and sub-regional workshops dedicated to supporting Member States...

30 May 2019

Ministers of Health approve resolution on WASH in health care facilities

World Health Organization (WHO) Member States committed to developing national roadmaps, setting and monitoring targets, increasing investments in infrastructure...

UNAMID opens new schools and a clinic in Kuma Garadayat, North Darfur.

27 May 2019

Menstrual hygiene and the human rights to water and sanitation

On the International Women’s Day in March this year, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking...

23 May 2019

Joint statement at the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction

According to the Forum, the impacts of climate change, associated sea level rise and extreme weather are amplifying as...

20 May 2019

Special Rapporteur follow-up of official country visits

The Special Rapporteur is seeking to enhance the effectiveness of his country visit by undertaking a follow-up analysis focused...

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14 May 2019

Using SDG data to support science, technology and innovation: the SDG 6 example

During the Forum, UN-Water will host the side event Using SDG data to support science, technology and innovation -...

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