The Project will be implemented by the Global Water Partnership Organisation (GWPO) in partnership with the ANBO Technical Secretariat which is under l'Organisation pour la mise en valeur du Fleuve Séngégal (OMVS). A joint GWP/ANBO Project Steering…
The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the Second Committee of the General Assembly, in collaboration with FAO, IFAD and WFP, are organizing on 1 November, a special event on food security and nutrition.
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Invitation
The next meeting of the World Liaison Bureau will take place :
On TUESDAY 16 OCTOBER 2012 from 17:00 (sharp) to 19:30 at the Istanbul Grand Cevahir Hotel.
The agenda of this Bureau meeting will deal with:
Preparation of the…
It took place in Dori, 13 and 14 June 2012, a national workshop information and awareness on the water charter Niger Basin and Annex No 1 on the protection of the environment. The charter of the water of the Niger Basin is an international…
Thematic Focus - Water Security Transboundary water issues have cross-cutting implications for the aims of Rio+20. This side event will focus on the UNWC as a tool to fill in gaps in the institutional framework for sustainable development, and…
Worldwide more and more organizations working in water management see the strategic importance of cross-border cooperation at regional level. Sometimes driven by international legislation, or sometimes as a result of identifying joint opportunities…
The objective of the Conference is to secure renewed political commitment for sustainable development, assess the progress to date and the remaining gaps in the implementation of the outcomes of the major summits on sustainable development, and…
Geneva, 17 March 2012 – The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (UNECE Water Convention), adopted in Helsinki, Finland on 17 March 1992, celebrates…
INBO attended the 6th World Water Forum
At conclusion time...
tangible progress for basin management and transboundary cooperation has been made.
Ministerial Declaration
In total: more than 150 films, from around 50 countries. The themes: aquatic myths and legends, public bath houses, rites and traditions, protection of wetlands, aquatic ecosystems, right to water and sanitation, floods, dams, pollution, conflict…
In July 2010, the United Nations recognized the right to universal access to water. Currently, nearly 900 million people worldwide lack access to improved water sources, over 300 million of whom live in sub-Saharan Africa.
As it did…
The Prepcom conference will be organized by the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) in cooperation with UN‐Water, UNDP Office in Dushanbe and the South‐South News.
The…
The Seventh "Environment for Europe" Ministerial Conference is scheduled to take place in Astana (Kazakhstan) from 21 to 23 September 2011. The Conference is being prepared in accordance with the provisions of Reform Plan of the "…