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11 March 2019

Global platform for disaster risk reduction

The conference programme will feature different types of sessions, acknowledging the need for both political and/or high-level dialogues and...

07 March 2019

Water and sanitation for health facility improvement tool

UNICEF and World Health Organization (WHO) have collaborated to produce the WASH FIT tool in Arabic, English, French, and...

SG tours the Itaipu Binational Joint Paraguay,Brazil hydroelectric Dam

04 March 2019

World Hydropower Congress hosted in Paris

Organised by the International Hydropower Association (IHA) and hosted in partnership with UNESCO’s International Hydrological Programme, the 2019 Congress...

28 February 2019

Official visit to Lesotho by the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation

During a two-week visit to Lesotho, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water...

25 February 2019

Technical discussions on transboundary water cooperation

Held at the UNESCO Regional Office for Sciences in Latin America and the Caribbean, in Montevideo, the goal of...

Copán Ruinas” Archaeological Site, Museum of Maya Sculpture

21 February 2019

2019: a year with focus on indigenous people and marginalized groups

This is an adaptation of the central promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: as sustainable development progresses...

18 February 2019

Call for input: Special Rapporteur’s thematic report to Human Rights Council report

During his country visits, the Special Rapporteur has observed that access to water and sanitation in public spaces is...

14 February 2019

5th AfricaSan Conference

AfricaSan5 looks to further maximize value for its participants from the first four AfricaSan Conferences by increasing opportunities for...

SDG Projections: Massive scale projections and peoples’ voices to celebrate UN70 and visually depict the 17 Global Goals

11 February 2019

Permanent Missions briefed on the World Water Day campaign and the UN World Water Development Report

On behalf of UN Water and the Permanent Representatives of the Steering Committee of the Group of Friends of...

MINUSMA supports young people through agriculture.

07 February 2019

International Forum on Water Scarcity in Agriculture

The forum aims at identifying concrete – practical, innovative and collaborative- solutions to address water scarcity in agriculture in...

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