"WATER CONSERVATION"

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

Climate, armed conflict, high food prices, and post-COVID-19 economic fall-out have caused record food insecurity in the Horn of Africa, with an estimated 60 million urgently needing help, UN humanitarian agencies warned. UNTV CH

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

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

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

The Global Commission on the Economics of Water calls for a new, collective approach to water and bold actions to secure a just and sustainable future for all. UNIFEED

Sri Lankan farmers are making use of a newly developed digital platform to address water scarcity caused by climate change. FAO

In Sudan, frequent fighting between farmers and herders over water and grazing land causes injuries and deaths. According to the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), access to water and conflict resolution centres can considerably help address the water wars. IFAD

Press conference by Mr. Federico Properzi, Chief Technical Adviser for UN Water, Mr. Henk WJ Ovink, Special Envoy for International Water Affairs, and Ms. Lani Dolifka, Founder of Clean Water Here, on the World Water Day 2018