Background
Water for Sustainable Development: Valuing Water, Water-Energy-Food Nexus and Sustainable Economic and Urban Development (SDG 6.3, 6.4, 6.5 and SDGs 2, 8, 9, 11, 12)
As outlined in General Assembly resolution 75/212, the interactive dialogues shall be collaborative and multi-stakeholder in nature, with due regard for gender and geographical balance. Each interactive dialogue will be presided over by two co-chairs, one from a developing country and one from a developed country, to be appointed by the Presidents of the Conference. The panel discussions, facilitated by the moderator, will be followed by an interactive debate among States and other relevant stakeholders. Summaries of the interactive dialogues should be submitted to the Conference at its closing meeting.
Co-chairs
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H.E. Mr. Li Guoying, Minister of Water Resources, People’s Republic of China
- H.E. Ms. Dubravka Šuica, European Commission Vice-President for Democracy and Demography, European Union
Moderator
- Ms. Myrna Cunningham Kain, Indigenous Peoples Major Group on Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Panellists
- (Keynote) H.E. Mr. A.K. Abdul Momen, Foreign Minister of Bangladesh
- H.E. Mr. Nizar Baraka, Minister of Equipment and Water of Morocco
- Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, USG and Executive Director of the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
- Mr. Tālis Juhna Vice-Rector for Research and Professor at Riga Technical University
Lead Discussants
- Mr. Yong-deok Cho, Secretary-General at Asia Water Council
- Ms. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of World Trade Organization (WTO)
- Ms. Dinara Ziganshina, Director of the Scientific Information Center of Interstate Commission for Water Coordination in Central Asia
- Mr. Abou Amani, Director for Water Sciences, Secretary of the Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme, UNESCO
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