- Conference Room 4, UNHQ, New York, USA
- and online
- 10:00
- EDT
- 24 March 2023
Interactive Dialogue – Water Action Decade: Accelerating the implementation of the objectives of the Decade, including through the UN Secretary-General’s Action Plan
- Global event
Water Action Decade: Accelerating the implementation of the objectives of the Decade, including through the UN Secretary-General’s Action Plan. 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.
This interactive dialogue will be co-chaired by Singapore and United States of America.
Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Senior Minister, Singapore, is co-chair of the Global Commission on the Economics of Water.
See the Conference programme here.

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