On 11 of April 2022 a meeting was held in New York between the Special Envoy of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan to the High-Level Panel on Water and Climate Mr. Sulton Rahimzoda, the Special Envoy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for Water Resources Mr. Henk Ovink and the Director of the UN Children’s Fund Mr. Sanjay Wijesekera.
During the meeting, the parties discussed issues of cooperation between Tajikistan, the Netherlands and UNICEF in the framework of the preparatory process for the UN Conference on the Midterm Comprehensive Review 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 chairmanship of Tajikistan and the Netherlands.
The meeting also discussed the participation of youth, children and the UNICEF official delegation at the 2nd High-Level International Conference on the International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018-2028, which will be held on 6-9 June 2022 in Dushanbe titled “Catalyzing water action and partnership at the local, national, regional and global levels”.