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20 Mar

Special Envoy's Message: World Water Day 2025

Credit: UN Photo/Mark Garten  Water is the bloodline of humanity and glaciers are the icebound heart of the Earth.
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10 Jan

Special Envoy Marsudi Discusses the Global Water Agenda in 2026 UN Water Conference Co-Host UAE

The 2026 UN Conference on Water must be concrete and action-oriented, so that it produces tangible results in increasing access to water and sanitation across the developing world.
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29 Nov

UN, OECD to closely align global work in water and sanitation

Jakarta, 29 November 2024 – Global access to clean water and sanitation is not just a fundamental human right, but also key to economic development, and development actors need to cooperate closely to deliver on water-related goals under the 2030 Agenda.
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13 Nov

Water is both a victim and a solution to climate change

Baku, Azerbaijan – 13 November 2024 – At the COP29 Climate Conference in Baku, Retno Marsudi, the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy on Water, joined H.E.
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12 Nov

Water for Climate: Together Better, Together Stronger

Baku, 12 November 2024, “It is time for us to work together in advocating, aligning, and accelerating for more robust water actions that contributes to climate actions” the Special Envoy on Water, Retno Marsudi addressed water community on the first day of UNFCCC COP 2
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5 Nov

Water and Sanitation Success is Fundamental to Achieving All SDGs

New York, 5 November 2024, “Success in water and sanitation is a prerequisite for other Sustainable Development Goals,” emphasized Retno Marsudi, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Water, at the UN-Water Meeting in New York.
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