Three meetings convened in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 9-13 November 2009, to discuss water issues.

The Second African Water Week took place from 9-11 November, and was jointly organized by the South African Government, African Ministers’ Council on Water, African Development Bank, UN Environment Programme and other partners around the theme “Concretizing action to implement African commitments on water and sanitation: sprint to the finish.” The meeting concluded with the presentation of the Summary of Proceedings and Outcomes, which was forwarded to the Seventh Ordinary Session of the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW 7). The second Pan-African Implementation and Partnership Conference on Water convened on 11 November, and also fed into AMCOW 7, which convened from 12-13 November, and concluded with the adoption of reports from the Council of Ministers and Executive Committee, as well as the Johannesburg Ministerial Statement.
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IISD RS coverage of the meetings