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New agenda sets sail with bold action as UN Water Conference closes. UNIFEED

Briefing reporters on the closing of the UN 2023 Water Conference, Henk Ovink, Special Envoy for International Water Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, said, “We've been working very hard on getting this conference right. After the conference, the world has to continue working hard to get water right.” UNIFEED

“In Kenya, I walked beside women and girls as they risked their lives each day to fetch water. And closer to here, just last week, I ran through California San Joaquin Valley, listening to farmers explained the threat to their crops, livelihoods and communities of what is now a 23-year drought,” ultramarathon runner said at the 2023 Water Conference’s Interactive Dialogue. UNIFEED

Briefing on the outcomes of the 2023 Global Water Security Assessment, the Director of United Nations University Institute for Water Environment and Health, Kaveh Madani said, “unless we make meaningful progress on SDG 6, we cannot deliver and fulfil the goals that we have by 2030.” UNIFEED

Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, said that water “is the element that connects 90 percent of disasters around the world. And with climate change, it is increasingly difficult for communities to manage water-related disaster risks.” UNIFEED

On the sidelines of the UN 2023 Water conference, delegates discussed how to advance transboundary water cooperation through the application of international water law principles at basin and regional levels. UNIFEED

UN calls for game-changing action to stem global water crisis. UNIFEED

The 2023 UN Water Conference, co-hosted by the Netherlands and Tajikistan, brings stakeholders from all sectors together at the UN headquarters in New York from March 22 to 24. UNIFEED

La Porte-Parole du Haut-Commissariat des Droits de l’Homme, Marta Hurtado, a dit, "Nous sommes gravement préoccupés par le fait que l'extrême violence continue d'échapper à tout contrôle en Haïti." HCDH

La Porte-Parole du Haut-Commissariat des Droits de l’Homm,e Marta Hurtado, a dit, “Nous sommes gravement préoccupés par la répression croissante des voix critiques au Burundi, suite à la récente détention de cinq défenseurs des droits humains et à l'emprisonnement d'un journaliste.” HCDH