1. Negotiations

UN-Water

UN-Water ensures the UN family “delivers as one” in response to water-related challenges through activities related to informing policies, monitoring and reporting, and inspiring action. Efforts to inspire action include coordination of the annual observance of World Water Day on 22 March and World Toilet Day on 19 November. Efforts to inform policies focus on placing water and sanitation issues on the agenda of key UN agreements, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). SDG 6 calls for the international community to strive to ensure the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all by 2030. 

UN-Water Meetings bring together more than 70 Members and Partners twice a year. UN-Water Members include UN agencies, programmes, and other UN entities dealing with water-related issues. UN-Water Partners with special status include UN-connected entities such as Special Rapporteurs, panels and advisory boards. UN Partners include international organizations, associations or other civil-society groups that are actively involved in water.

Events

Showing 11 - 17 of 17 results

33rd UN-Water Meeting

The 33rd UN-Water Meeting offered a brief chance for the Members, Partners, and observers of this UN interagency coordination mechanism to discuss the role of water and sanitation in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and to receive updates on upcoming opportunities to engage at the global level to build momentum for implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) on clean water and sanitation.
Event 29 September 2020

32nd UN-Water Meeting

Participants at the 32nd UN-Water Meeting moved through a packed agenda focused on issues related to the UN-Water programme of work and the UN-Water 2030 Strategy, ways to accelerate progress on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 (clean water and sanitation) implementation, and ways to elevate and address water and sanitation challenges at the country and regional level in light of the UN reform process, among other issues. 
Event 28 January 2020 - 29 January 2020

31st UN-Water Meeting

The 31st UN-Water Meeting discussed progress on and next steps for joint initiatives that UN-Water Members and Partners have undertaken to ensure that the UN is “delivering as one” to address global water challenges. Many of the initiatives discussed during this meeting, which took place immediately prior to World Water Week 2019, will contribute to implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with particular emphasis on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 (clean water and sanitation).
Event 23 August 2019 - 24 August 2019

30th UN-Water Meeting

Delegates discussed upcoming high-level reports on access to clean water and sanitation, ongoing work on SDG 6 indicators and upcoming global awareness-raising events.
Event 31 January 2019 - 1 February 2019

29th UN-Water Meeting

Agenda items included updates on the outcome of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), the recommendations from the High Level Panel on Water, and the “Global call to action for WASH in healthcare facilities” and “WASH4Work” initiatives. Ongoing monitoring initiatives were discussed, and a panel discussed their experiences with promoting water and sanitation issues within their own organizations
Event 24 August 2018 - 25 August 2018

28th UN-Water Meeting

A group of observing UN Member States stressed the importance of strategically coordinating and aligning the efforts of UN-Water and its Members with the 2030 Agenda and the reform of the UN development system, including through coordination at the country level.
Event 1 February 2018 - 2 February 2018

27th UN-Water Meeting

UN-Water Members and Partners noted the need to break down the silos between government, UN and the private sector to work together in a more integrative and efficient way, and emphasized that the achievement of SDG 6 is necessary in order to achieve the other SDGs.
Event 25 August 2017 - 26 August 2017