Live webcast of the official World Water Day event, The Hague, Netherlands
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Live webcast of the official World Water Day ...
Live webcast of the official World Water Day event, The Hague, Netherlands
Water Cooperation is everyone’s business
One month after the launch of the International
Year of Water Cooperation at UNESCO Headquarters (11 February), the
celebrations in The Hague highlight the importance of such cooperation.
The event also seeks to ensure the issue is given priority on the
international community’s post-2015 development agenda.
High level participants at the event
included Prince Willem-Alexander of Orange from the Netherlands, Prince
El Hassan Bin Talal of Jordan, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of
Liberia and Michel Jarraud, Chairperson of UN Water. They were joined by
international experts, decision-makers and representatives from
intergovernmental organizations and civil society.
In her opening address, the
Director-General recalled that 90 percent of the world’s population
lives in countries that must share water resources with their
neighbours. Cooperation, she said, “is more than a technical or
scientific issue,” it is also “about fighting poverty and protecting the
environment”.
“Too often,” she added, “people think
water cooperation is only the concern of States. This is not enough.
Water cooperation must happen at all levels – from the local to the
global […] This concerns governments and the private sector, it concerns
all of us.”
2013 was proclaimed International Year
of Water Cooperation, by the United Nations General Assembly.
Cooperation is also the theme of World Water Day, celebrated each 22
March. At the request of UN Water, UNESCO was given responsibility for
preparing celebrations for both the Year and the Day.
Water Cooperation is everyone’s business
” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in his message for the Day.
World Water Day: UN urges greater cooperation on common and fragile resource
“Water is a common resource. Let us use it more intelligently and waste less so all get a fair share,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in his message for the Day.
In separate remarks at the high-level dialogue on water cooperation in New York, Mr. Ban reiterated that “competition is growing among farmers and herders, industry and agriculture, town and country, upstream and downstream, and across borders.”
One out of every three people lives in a country with moderate to high water stress, he said, and by 2030 nearly half the global population could be facing water scarcity, with demand outstripping supply by 40 per cent due in part to climate change and the needs of populations that are growing in size and prosperity.
22 March 2013
World Water Day celebrations and High Level Forum
The Hague, Netherlands
United Nations Headquarters, New York
The Hague, Netherlands
22 March 2013
Official
celebrations of World Water Day will be hosted on 22 March 2013 by the
Government of The Netherlands in The Hague. The programme of the day
includes inspirational speeches, presentations, panel and thematic
discussions, and a series of public shows on the theme of water
cooperation.
High-Level Interactive Dialogue of the 67th session of the UNGA
United Nations Headquarters, New York
22 March 2013
Taking place in the context of current discussions
on the Post-2015 development framework and the process of developing a
set of SDGs, the main objective of the event is to identify and discuss
water-related challenges and key areas which in the future will require
stronger political support and international cooperation.
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Virtual drought hits Farmerama on World Water Day!
Online farmers around the world were shocked
to find their fields dry and their animals thirsty as they logged on to
their Farmerama account on 22 March. There is no water this day on
Farmerama! This initiative marks World Water Day and intends to raise
awareness of issues of water scarcity.
Discover YUNGA's Water Challenge Badge
This booklet is intended as a guide for teachers and youth leaders. Take
it and explore, play and discover – and while you’re having fun, maybe
you can even come up with some clever ways to help preserve water in
your homes.
Youths and Kids
This section is still under
construction but we will very soon post exciting resources and
educational materials for educators, youths and kids.
In the meantime, join Goccia, the official mascot
of World Water Day 2013, to learn about how water changes states and
recycles itself on our planet, in this great new poster developed by the
United States Geological Survey and the UN-Water Communications team.
Download the poster >>
Download the poster >>
Print your Water Cooperation T-Shirts!
Discover the Water Challenge Badge!
SG Ban Ki-moon video message for World Water Day
"Water holds the key to sustainable
development, we must work together to protect and carefully manage this
fragile, finite resource," said Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on the
occasion of World Water Day on Water Cooperation.
Water and Biodiversity
International Day for Biological Diversity 2013
Water and Biodiversity
Water is essential for life. No living being on planet Earth can survive without it. It is a prerequisite for human health and well-being as well as for the preservation of the environment. The theme Water and Biodiversity was chosen to coincide with the United Nations designation of 2013 as the International Year of Water Cooperation. Water and Biodiversity is the theme for International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) in 2013. Designation of IDB 2013 on the theme of water provides Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the public at large the opportunity to raise awareness about this vital issue, and to increase positive action. Read the notification. Coincidently, the period 2005-2015 is the International Decade for Action 'WATER FOR LIFE'.
World Water Day celebrations and High Level Forum
22 March 2013, The Hague, The Netherlands
Location: World Forum, Churchillplein 10
The
World Water Day celebrations organized by the United Nations and the
Government of The Netherlands in The Hague will address both water
cooperation and the outcomes from the Thematic Consultation on Water in the post-2015 agenda.
The
programme of the day involves political and governmental leaders and
members of the UN High Level Panel on the Post 2015 Development Agenda,
and includes inspirational speeches, presentations and interactive
discussions. A series of thematic sessions will also give the
opportunity to reflect on the different dimensions of water cooperation,
and bring new ideas and innovative approaches from different sectors of
society.
Challenges identified on 21 March at the Multi-stakeholder Dialogue on Water organized by the Dutch Government will be incorporated in the thematic sessions.
Πέμπτη 21 Μαρτίου 2013
UNESCO Water e-Newsletter: Water Cooperation
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22.03.2013 09:00 - 22.03.2013 19:00 local time, Netherlands
World Water Day on Water Cooperation
22.03.2013 14:00 - 22.03.2013 21:00 local time, Brazil
Water, Communication and Society under the International Year of Water Cooperation
22.03.2013 20:00 - 22.03.2013 21:30 local time, France
Designation ceremony of Maestro Tan Dun as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador in the framework of World Water Day
25.03.2013 08:00 - 29.03.2013 18:30 local time, Nigeria
Scientific Education Week in Nigeria
25.03.2013 09:00 - 21.04.2013 19:00 local time, Greece
E-learning course on Management of Biosphere Reserves and other designated areas
26.03.2013 09:00 - 27.03.2013 18:30 local time, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Inter-Ministerial
and Experts Conference on Biosphere Reserves in the Caribbean Region:
Tools for Sustainable Development and Growth
26.03.2013 20:00 - 26.03.2013 22:00 local time, France
L'Oréal-UNESCO International Fellowship Ceremony
28.03.2013 19:30 - 28.03.2013 21:00 local time, France
15th Annual L’Oréal-UNESCO Awards For Women In Science
29.03.2013 09:00 - 30.03.2013 17:30 local time, France
Workshop on the Inclusive Wealth Report (IWR)
25.04.2013 10:00 - 29.04.2013 19:00 local time, Serbia
Balkan Workshop: Beyond the Standard Models
14.05.2013 10:00 - 16.05.2013 19:00 local time, Iran
Second International Drought Initiative (IDI) Meeting
27.05.2013 01:00 - 30.05.2013 01:00 local time, France
International Coordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB)
03.06.2013 16:00 - 07.06.2013 13:00 local time, Estonia
Third meeting of the Global Network of Island and Coastal Biosphere ReservesWorld Water Day: Water Cooperation
In
2013, in celebration of the International Year of Water Cooperation,
World Water Day is also dedicated to the theme of cooperation around
water. Cooperation is essential to strike a balance between the
different needs and priorities and share this precious resource
equitably. Since water cuts across all sectors, stakeholders that are
not traditionally considered to be water managers must participate.
Water cooperation between different social groups, economic sectors,
regional governments, countries, and present and future generations, is
crucial not only to ensure the sustainable and equitable use of water
but also to create and maintain peaceful relations between people.
The official celebrations of World Water Day will be
hosted by the Kingdom of The Netherlands in The Hague. Within the limit
of capacity constraints, as wide a variety of key stakeholders as
possible, from inside and outside the ‘water box’, have been invited.
HIGHLIGHTS
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Free Flow
A co-publication between UNESCO and Tudor Rose for the International Year of Water Cooperation 2013 to be published in October
Τετάρτη 20 Μαρτίου 2013
UN Video library
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