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01/022023

Meeting of the International Advisory Committee of the Dushanbe Water Process

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On 26 January 2023, a meeting of the International Advisory Committee (IAC) of the Dushanbe Water Process was held virtually to promote the implementation of the International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018-2028.
The meeting was chaired by the Chairman of the Executive Committee of IFAS, Co-Chair of the Dushanbe Water Process from the Tajik side, Mr. Sulton Rahimzoda, and Global Director of the Water Global Practice of the World Bank Group, Co-Chair of the Dushanbe Water Process from the Development partners side Mr. Saroja Kumar Jha with the participation of members of the International Advisory Committee and other interested parties.
During the meeting, the participants discussed the contribution of the 2nd Dushanbe Conference on the International Water Action Decade to the UN 2023 Water Conference, exchanged views on the possible obligations of the IAC to be included in the Water Action Agenda of the UN 2023 Water Conference, as well as potential mechanisms for using the Dushanbe Water Process as a reporting mechanism for fulfilling the obligations included in the Water Agenda for Action of the UN Conference 2023.
Members of the IAC also exchanged views on the strategic vision and possible themes for the 3rd Dushanbe Conference on the International Water Decade, which will be held in 2024 in Dushanbe.
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19/012023

Multi-stakeholder Informative Webinar on the UN 2023 Water Conference and the Water Action Agenda

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On 17-18 January 2023, the organizers of the UN 2023 Water Conference, including UNDESA, as the secretariat of the Conference, held an online multilateral thematic webinar on: “Preparing for the Water Conference and the Water Action Agenda.
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18/012023

First UN Press Briefing on the UN 2023 Water Conference

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On 13 January 2023, the first Press Conference was held dedicated to the UN Conference on the Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Decade for Action, ‘Water for Sustainable Development’, 2018-2028, which will be held on 22-24 March 2023 in New York under the co-chairmanship of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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13/012023

Meeting with the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Indonesia to the UN

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On 11 January 2023 in New York, the Special Envoy of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan to the Water and Climate Coalition Leaders, Mr. Sulton Rahimzoda, discussed with the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Indonesia to the UN, Mr. Arrmanatha Christiawan Nasir, the issues of ensuring synergy between the UN 2023 Water Conference and the 10th World Water Forum, which will be held 18-24 May 2024 in Indonesia.
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12/012023

Discussion of preparations for the UN 2023 Water Conference with the Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF

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On 11 January 2023, a meeting was held at UNICEF Headquarters in New York to discuss preparations for the UN 2023 Water Conference.
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11/012023

Meeting with the UN Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator of UNDP

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On 10 January 2023, in New York, the Special Envoy of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan to the Water and Climate Coalition Leaders, Mr. Sulton Rahimzoda, and the UN Under-Secretary-General, Associate Administrator of UNDP, Ms. Usha Rao-Monari, discussed preparations for the UN 2023 Water Conference, which will take place from 22-24 March 2023 in New York.
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15/122022

Glacier preservation- a global challenge. Another global initiative of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan was supported

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On 14 December 2022, the UN General Assembly unanimously supported another global initiative of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, H.E. Emomali Rahmon, and adopted a resolution declaring 2025 as the International Year of Glaciers Preservation.
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09/122022

Discussion of preparations for the UN 2023 Water Conference at the 37th meeting of the UN-Water mechanism

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On 6 December 2022, within the framework of the 37th meeting of the UN-Water mechanism in Paris, France, the preparations for the UN 2023 Water Conference, which will be held from 22 to 24 March in New York under the co-chairmanship of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Kingdom of the Netherlands were discussed.
Mr. Sulton Rahimzoda, Special Envoy of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan to the Water and Climate Coalition Leaders, and Mr. Henk Ovink, Special Envoy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for International Water Affairs, made a presentation and provided comprehensive information on the preparations for this Conference.
During the meeting, the importance of the UN 2023 Water Conference for the world community was noted, which will become a historic event not only in terms of the time dimension, since this is the second UN Conference in the last 50 years dedicated to water resources, but also in terms of its impact on global water processes and its focus on action.
Special emphasis was placed on the Water Action Agenda of the Conference, which will contain innovative and results-oriented voluntary commitments by UN Member States, international organizations, financial institutions, and other stakeholders, which should become crucial in achieving global water goals and targets, including those contained in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Special envoys of Tajikistan and the Kingdom of the Netherlands called on the international community to participate in the Conference at the level of Heads of states and governments, international organizations, financial institutions, and attend the Conference with voluntary commitments in order to make the conference productive. They also called on developed states to help the developing and less developed countries to ensure their participation in the Conference and the implementation of voluntary commitments, including through the creation of coalitions from developed countries, international financial institutions, and other donors in the implementation of voluntary commitments.
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02/122022

Briefing dedicated to the UN 2023 Water Conference

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On 2 December 2022, a briefing was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the participation of heads of diplomatic missions, international organizations, international financial institutions, and the press on the United Nations Conference on the Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the Goals of the International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018-2028 which will be held on 22-24 March in New York under the co-chairmanship of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Special Envoy of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan to the Water and Climate Coalition Leaders, Chairman of the Executive Committee of IFAS Mr. Sulton Rahimzoda presented comprehensive information on the preparations for this Conference.
During the briefing, Mr. Rahimzoda noted the importance of the UN 2023 Water Conference for the world community, which is the second UN Water Conference after almost 50 years. It was noted that this Conference will be a historic event, not only in terms of the time frame but also in terms of its impact on global water processes and its focus on concrete action. The conference will be a watershed moment for the world in accelerating the achievement of the internationally agreed water goals and targets, including those contained in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Mr. Rahimzoda also provided information on the goals and objectives, principles, and content of the Conference, it was noted that the Conference will consist of 6 plenary sessions, 5 interactive dialogues, special and parallel, as well as cultural events. The five themes of the interactive dialogues of the Conference were approved by the President of the UN General Assembly as part of the preparatory meeting, which took place on 25 October 2022 in New York. It was noted that invitations were sent to UN Member States to co-chair interactive dialogues at the conference. In accordance with the selection criteria for co-chairs of the Interactive Dialogues, each interactive dialogue can have two co-chairs representing a developed and a developing country, considering the regional balance.
One of the outcomes of the Conference will be the Water Action Agenda, which will contain innovative and results-oriented voluntary commitments by UN Member States, international organizations, financial institutions, and other stakeholders that should become a watershed moment in achieving global water goals and targets.
Mr. Rahimzoda also noted that on behalf of the UN Secretary-General and the UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, invitation letters were sent to the Heads of Governments and UN member states, international organizations, financial institutions and other interested parties to participate in the Conference.
At the end of the briefing, Mr. Sulton Rahimzoda called on the heads of diplomatic missions of the UN Member States to ensure participation at the level of Heads of States and Governments at the UN 2023 Water Conference which will become a historic event in the world, and attend the Conference with voluntary commitments, for to make the conference resultative. He also called on developed countries to assist developing and less developed countries in ensuring their participation in the Conference and the implementation of voluntary commitments. He also noted the importance of building coalitions from developed countries, international financial institutions, and other donors around the commitments of the Water Action Agenda of the Conference, the implementation of which will be a watershed moment in the world in achieving global water goals.
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23/112022

Integrating water into the global climate Agenda

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For the first time in the history of the Conferences of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), special attention was paid to water issues, which were included in the global climate Agenda following the 27th Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC, which was held from 6 to 18 November 2022 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Arab Republic of Egypt.
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