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Human rights community awareness program in Amokpiny

30 July 2018

Survey on the UN-Water SDG 6 Synthesis Report 2018 on Water and Sanitation

The Public Dialogue process includes, other than the dialogue itself, the presentation of the report at events and this...

26 July 2018

Identifying climate vulnerability hotspots

Researchers from IIASA, Global Environment Facility (GEF), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the University of Oxford, and...

23 July 2018

Water Pollution from Agriculture: a global review

In many countries the biggest source of water pollution today is agriculture — not cities or industry — while...

19 July 2018

IFAD publication on support to farmers’ organizations in Africa

The Support to Farmers’ Organizations in Africa Programme (SFOAP) is a continental programme which strengthens the institutional capacities, policy...

Illustration of water treatment plant in Thailand

16 July 2018

Launch of the UN-Water GLAAS 2018/2019 country survey

The fifth cycle of GLAAS is launching in July 2018. In this cycle, the GLAAS 2018/2019 country survey will...

11 July 2018

Global Progress on Water and Sanitation - 2018 HLPF Side event

On Monday 9 July, during the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) the report was presented in a...

SG poses at Iguazu Falls as he is given a tour and explained about the unesco site

09 July 2018

The contribution of transboundary water cooperation to achieving the sustainable development goals

Transboundary water cooperation is a critical component to ensuring water and sanitation for all (SDG6) and an important requirement...

Slai-d-Fakty-i-tsifry-o-vode-v-Tadzhikistane

05 July 2018

The Dushanbe Declaration “Promoting Action and Policy Dialogue”

The main objectives of the Conference were to discuss the ways on how the Member States, relevant UN bodies...

05 July 2018

UN reports that world is off track on water and sanitation goal

Today, billions of people lack safe water, sanitation and handwashing facilities. Ecosystems and water sources are becoming more polluted...

01 July 2018

Video: the SDG 6 Synthesis Report 2018 on Water and Sanitation

Find out how we are doing to ensure that everyone in the world has sustainably managed water and sanitation...

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