"INTERNATIONAL WATERCOURSES"

Olga Algayerova, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), said that progress on transboundary water cooperation “is badly off track.” UNIFEED

On the margins of the United Nations 2023 Water conference an African Union (AU) official said, “the strategic importance” of water “places it in the frontline of national interest,” and can be “a veritable tool for both economic growth and stability.” UNIFEED

Briefing by Paulina Kubiak, Spokesperson for the President of the 77th Session of the General Assembly.

The General Assembly examines a draft resolution on the Convention on the law of the non-navigational uses of international watercourses at the 99th plenary of the 51st session.

Emily Matthews and Pierre Najlis, Department for Policy coordinatiuon and Sustainable Development; Gunilla Bjorklund, Stockholm Environment Institue; Nitin Desai, Under-Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development; brief press on release of two major reports on trends in global change and sustainable development, and on Global freshwater resources prepared for the review of progress since the 1992 Rio earth Summit on Environment and Development to be discussed at a Special Session of the General Assembly.

Representatives of the World Bank, Global Environment Facility, and UNEP brief press on environment and development initiatives.