This meeting will gather UN-Water Members and Partners to discuss issues related to UN-Water, and will take place immediately prior to the annual World Water Week.
The 29th UN-Water Meeting will welcome the International Organization for Migration (IOM) as the newest UN-Water Member. In addition, during the two-day meeting, UN-Water Members will discuss issues related to UN-Water governance. Sessions with UN-Water Members and Partners will review the discussions during the July meeting of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), which reviewed progress on Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) (clean water and sanitation).
Additional agenda items include updates on:
- the UN reform process;
- the outcome of the High Level Panel on Water “Making Every Drop Count”;
- the High Level International Conference on International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018 – 2028 and the Water Action Decade Campaign; and
- the Global call to action for WASH in healthcare facilities.
The SDG Knowledge Hub summary of the 28th UN-Water meeting is here.
DATE
24–25 August 2018
LOCATION
Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden