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Water flows through the news every day. Many stories about climate change, economics, politics, culture and leisure have a water-related dimension. Explore what UN-Water’s Members and Partners are doing around the world on water.

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19 February 2018

Advancing hydrological services through collaboration

It is a platform for establishing closer links among water communities, providers of hydrological products and information, and decision-makers...

15 February 2018

Regional forum on Sustainable Development for the UNECE region

The Forum aims to serve as a regional mechanism to follow-up and review the implementation of the 2030 Agenda...

12 February 2018

The 28th UN-Water Meeting

Approximately fifty delegates of UN-Water Members and Partners participated in the event, representing the UN Secretariat and UN agencies...

08 February 2018

Gender mainstreaming efforts in the WASH-sector

The meeting brought together several UN partners working on WASH: the Sanitation and Water for All; the Water Supply...

05 February 2018

Call for inputs on human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation

Civil society, human rights activists and other interested parties are encouraged to submit general inputs and specific proposals with...

02 February 2018

UNESCO launches tool to monitor water quality

The IIWQ World Water Quality Portal , which was developed in the framework of UNESCO-IHP’s International Initiative on Water...

01 February 2018

Practice guidelines for water data management policy

These Guidelines are intended to be used by officers responsible for formulating and implementing government strategy to improve water...

29 January 2018

ISO focus on water and sanitation

The latest edition of ISOfocus aims to raise awareness of the critical state of water resources around the world...

26 January 2018

7th Economic and Social Council Youth Forum

The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum , to be held on 30-31 January 2018 at United Nations...

22 January 2018

IHE Delft publication on water innovations

The innovations are not just of a technological nature; they include new educational programmes and research findings - and...

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