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Meet the new UN-Water Chair: Zafar Adeel

Meet Dr. Zafar Adeel succeding Dr Steduto as UN-Water Chair. Dr. Adeel is Director of the Institute for Water, Environment and Health at the United Nations University in Hamilton, Canada. In this interview he talks about the challenges ahead, sharing his view on global issues: economic crisis, poverty, sanitation, climate change with the Millennium Development Goals' deadlines.

Dr Adeel believes his environmental-policy experience, involvement in water-pollution issues and work as director of UNU-INWEH in forming a bridge of knowledge between the scientific community and policy processes will stand him in good stead for his new role.

Interview with Dr. Adeel

UNU Institute for Water, Environment & Health Website

Sanitation and Water for All: a global framework for action

Sanitation and Water for All is a global partnership between developing countries, donors, multi-lateral agencies, civil society and other development partners working together to achieve universal and sustainable access to sanitation and drinking water, with an immediate focus on achieving the Millennium Development Goals in the most off-track countries.
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World Water Day 2010: Water Quality

Life on earth is based on water. The quality of life directly depends on water quality. Healthy ecosystems are sustained by good water quality, which leads to improved human well-being. On the contrary, poor water quality affects the environment and human well-being. With waterborne diseases causing the death of more than 1.5 million children every year and 2 million tons of sewage and other effluents draining into the world’s waters every day, we all need to be more aware of what water quality is all about.

Follow it up in the World Water Day website.
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Release of the Hashimoto Action Plan II

The United Nations Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation (UNSGAB) is embarking on their next strategic phase with the release of the Hashimoto Action Plan II. In only a few years, world leaders will assess progress made towards the Millennium Development Goals, including the targets to halve by 2015 the number of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation.
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World Water Day: new campaign material

The day is approaching... New posters, the event programme, the action handbook and an advocacy guide are now available on the World Water Day 2010 website to help you organize your event even better.
Access the World WaterDay 2010 campaign material page

Updates on the 4th World Water
Development Report (WWDR4)

The United Nations World

Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) is pleased to invite you to comment on the newly released annotated Table of Contents for the fourth edition of the UN World Water Development Report (WWDR4). As a unique, global report which aims to inform us all, WWAP hopes to receive your comments and contributions throughout the development of the Report. Please join us in its preparation by sharing your comments with us through the
public consultation for the annotated Table of Contents of the WWDR4

Work opportunity: GWP seeking a Head of Network Operations

Global Water Partnership is looking for an experienced water professional with previous management responsibilities in an international environment and with excellent people management skills, to provide guidance and support to the GWP Network in implementing its strategic goals.

The closing date is 28 March 2010. Contact information and the full job description here

Work opportunity: UNICEF WASH programme

UNICEF is seeking a Senior Adviser WASH (Scaling up), responsible for providing support and building capacity of UNICEF Regional and Country offices for the strategic design and planning of UNICEF WASH programmes, with the aim of positioning UNICEF support to scale up and accelerate progress towards the MTSP results related to WASH. The position is at P-5 level and it is based in New York, USA.
UNICEF Employment