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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Wednesday concluded a four-day visit to Iraq that took him to Baghdad, Erbil and Basra. OHCHR

The International Maritime Organization adopted a revised strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping. IMO

According to the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO), there is a 98 percent chance that at least one in the next five years will beat the temperature record set in 2016. UNTV CH

Peruvian Minister of Housing, Construction and Sanitation called world leaders to “get out comfort zone, roll up our sleeves, put on our boots and lead the political, social, cultural and economic transformation that we need to face enormous challenges that our peoples demand in particular with the drinking water and sanitation agenda.” UNIFEED

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

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

On the sidelines of the UN 2023 Water conference, a special event was held aiming to putting equality and human rights at the centre of the agenda addressing the global water crisis. 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

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