"WATER MANAGEMENT"

‘We can no longer lurch from crisis to crisis’ in Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Special Coordinator warns Security Council, urges parallel steps by all parties.

The number of people suffering from water-related hazards like floods and droughts is increasing because of climate change. However, forecasting and early warnings are inadequate and global climate finance efforts insufficient, according to a report published today by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). UNTV CH

General Assembly proclaims World Wetlands Day, World Cotton Day, expresses solidarity with Haiti, as it adopts 3 resolutions.

Economic and Social Council adopts Ministerial Declaration of global solidarity to stop COVID-19 pandemic, forge green recovery, concluding high-level segment.

Introduction of the reports of the Secretary-General on the theme of HLPF and ECOSOC, and on long term impact of current trends on the SDGs

The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Horn of Africa, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, told the Security Council that despite various attempts at negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia, and the Sudan, “the parties have been unable to agree on a framework of engagement to settle the remaining contentious issues” related to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). UNIFEED

Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan should negotiate mutually beneficial agreement over management of Nile waters, top official tells Security Council.

Speakers call for sustainable, resilient post-pandemic recovery, stressing no one should be left behind, as high-level political forum begins annual session.

The General Assembly holds a high-level dialogue to assess the progress made in the fight against desertification, land degradation and drought, and map the way forward in view of the end of the UN Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification.

The triple threat of climate change, loss of nature and pollution requires the world to deliver on its commitment to restore at least one billion degraded hectares of land in the next decade - an area about the size of China states in a new report launched today by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). UNTV CH