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Accueil Nouvelles 5ème Semaine arabe de l'eau

5th Arab Water Week

03.03.2019 Building Peace
3-7 mars 2019, Centre de convention du roi Hussein Bin Talal Mer Morte-Jordanie Organisé par l'Association des services d'eau des pays arabes (ACWUA) En partenariat avec Ministère jordanien de l'eau et de l'irrigation (MWI) Ligue des États arabes - Conseil ministériel arabe de l'eau (LAS- AMWC) 

The Geneva Water Hub, participated in the 5th Arab Water Week at the Dead Sea, organized by the Arab Countries Water Utilities Association (ACWUA) in partnership with Jordanian Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MWI) and League of Arab States - Arab Ministerial Water Council (LAS- AMWC), and under the Patronage of His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan Bin Talal.  

Le Geneva Water Hub a participé activement en tant que partenaire, et a organisé une session de panel dans le cadre de la cérémonie d'ouverture le dimanche 3 mars 2019,intitulée "L'Observatoire mondial de l'eau et de la paix : Un instrument innovant pour le développement durable" . 

The High-Level Panel included distinguished experts in development, diplomacy and policy, who shared their reflections and experiences in using different tools and approaches, in parallel and in tandem, to ensure sustainable development in water and sanitation to all, this year’s AWW theme, using water as a vehicle for peace as part of a global Blue Peace Movement. 

During the opening keynote speeches session, H.E. Eng Raed Abu Al-Saud, Minister of Water and Irrigation, as deputized by HRH Prince Hassan Bin Talal, launched the Arabic version of the Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace report “A Matter of Survival”; the abstract of which was made available to the participants of the AWW. 

The Session Objectives were to:

  1. to present briefly the Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace report and recommendations; 
  2. to advance and advocate actively the use of water (Blue) as a vehicle of peace;
  3. to present the Global Observatory on Water and Peace, its current regional partners and proposed activities;  
  4. to explore potential interested partners to this global platform in the Arab World, and possible activities in the region, including UN agencies.

En outre, M. Francois Münger a participé à la session spéciale organisée par le Bureau régional de l'UNESCO pour la science dans les États arabes le lundi 4 mars 2019, intitulée "Sécurité de l'eau pour tous : la diplomatie scientifique pour le développement durable des ressources en eau dans la région arabe et les pays voisins".