23 août 2021: "Water and Stability; Towards a Resilient World"
UNICEF Central African Republic
The Geneva Water Hub’s Platform for International Water Law at the Stockholm World Water Week
The Geneva Water Hub and UNICEF organize an online session on
"Water and Stability; Towards a Resilient World"
during the Stockholm World Water Week. This session takes place on Monday 23 August from 22:00 to 23:00 CEST.
This online event will bring together the WASH community and stakeholders working in peacebuilding to discuss the linkages between the human rights to water and sanitation and the human rights to health, food, and an adequate standard of living. Mara Tignino intervenes in the session with a presentation on « Water, human rights and peacebuilding ».
Programme
Welcome speech
Prof. Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
Introductory presentations
Water, human rights and peacebuilding
Dr Mara Tignino, Geneva Water Hub/University of Geneva
Role of Water in Peace
Anna Azaryeva Valente, UNICEF
Panel discussion
Moderator: Rayyan El Fawal, Programms Director, LebRelief
Kelly Ann Naylor, Chief WASH, UNICEF
Dr Thabia Farooq Al-Qaisi, Iraqi Ministry of CConstruction, Housing and Public Municipalities
Ahmad AlAyyoubi, Head of Office LebRelief
Guy Bonvin, Ambassador, Swiss Special Envoy for Water in Central Asia
Q&A
Summary and wrap-up
Prof. Danilo Turk, Former President of Slovenia and Lead Political Advisor, Geneva Water Hub
For more information on the event, please click here :
https://www.worldwaterweek.org/event/9748-water-and-stability-towards-a-resilient-world
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