The General Assembly through the adoption of its resolution 64/198, invited the President of the General Assembly to convene a High-Level Interactive Dialogue (HLID) of the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly in New York on 22 March 2010, World Water Day, on the implementation of the International Decade for Action "Water for Life".
Summary
Statements
- Opening Statement by the President of the General Assembly
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Akil Akilov, Prime-Minister of the Republic of Tajikistan
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Sha Zukang, USG for Economic and Social Affairs
- Closing Statement by the President of the General Assembly
- Statements by Member States, Observers and Panelists
Backgrounder
- Concept Note [PDF]
Programme
Documents
- Muscat Declaration on Water adopted by the First Ministerial Forum on Water of the Group of 77
- The UN World Water Development Report, WWDR -3 [PDF 30 MB]
- UN-Water GLAAS Fact Sheet [PDF 242kb]
- Global Framework for Action (GF4A) Informational Flyer [PDF 114kb]
Webcast
- 22 March 2010,
General Assembly
- Opening Session. Interactive dialogue on water – International Decade for Action, “Water for Life, 2005-2015”.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 51 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 51 minutes] - Panel 1: "Water and Millennium Development Goals".
[Moderator: H.E. Mr. Jan Eliasson, President of the sixtieth session of the General Assembly, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden].
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 52 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 52 minutes] - Panel 2: "Water, climate change and disasters".
[ Moderator: H.E. Mr. Jorge Jurado M., Minister for Water of Ecuador]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 58 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 58 minutes] - Panel 3: "Water and peace and security".
[ Moderator: Dr. Mahmoud ABU-ZEID, President of Arab Water Council and Former Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation of Egypt]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 6 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 6 minutes] - Closing Session. Interactive dialogue on water – International Decade for Action, “Water for Life, 2005-2015”.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 51 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 51 minutes]
- Opening Session. Interactive dialogue on water – International Decade for Action, “Water for Life, 2005-2015”.
Letters
- Letter to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations transmitting the concept notes for the High-Level Interactive Dialogue on Water to be held on 22 March 2010.(5 March)
- Letter to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations regarding a high level interactive dialogue of the General Assembly on the implementation of the International Decade for Action " Water for Life 2005-2015" to be held on 22 March 2010. (12 February)
Useful Links
- World Water Day
- International Decade for Action - Water for Life, 2005-2015
- WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme on Water Supply and Sanitation (JMP)
- Global Annual Assessment on Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS)
- Independent Expert on the issue of human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation
- United Nations University UNW-DPC
- FAO WATER
- UN Water
- Division for Sustainable Development UN DESA
Registration
- For Member States, Observers and accredited intergovernmental organizations registration will be open with the United Nations Protocol and Liaison Service in New York, following an announcement in the Journal of the United Nations.
- Accredited non-governmental organizations may register online (Closed).