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Such as the High-level Round table on Water security, Water Pavilion, and COP27 Water Day.<\/p>\n<p>The President will discuss the AWARe Initiative \u2013 which is Action on Water Adaptation and Resilience.<\/p>\n<p>He will recap the two days of preparatory meetings we just held for the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 2023 Water Conference.<\/p>\n<p>As you know if you followed, Member States yesterday agreed by consensus on the themes for the five interactive dialogues to be held during the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 2023 Water Conference.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Water for Health: Access to WASH, including the Human Rights to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation (SDG 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 and SDGs 1, 3, 4, 5, 17)<\/li>\n<li>Water for Sustainable Development: Valuing Water, Water-Energy-Food Nexus and Sustainable Economic and Urban Development (SDG 6.3, 6.4, 6.5 and SDGs 2, 8, 9, 11, 12);<\/li>\n<li>Water for Climate, Resilience and Environment: Source to Sea, Biodiversity, Climate,\u00a0 Resilience and DRR (SDGs 6.5, 6.6, 7, 11.5, 13, 14, 15);<\/li>\n<li>Water for Cooperation: Transboundary and International Water Cooperation, Cross Sectoral Cooperation, including Scientific Cooperation,\u00a0 and Water Across the 2030 Agenda (SDG 6.5, 6.b and SDGs 16, 17);<\/li>\n<li>Water Action Decade: Accelerating the implementation of the objectives of the Decade, including through the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Secretary-General\u2019s Action Plan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The announcement was made yesterday by <em>S<\/em>ulton Rahimzoda, the Special Envoy\u00a0of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan on\u00a0Water. Tajikistan, along with the Netherlands, are the co-hosts of the Conference, which will be held in New York from 22 to 24 of March next year.<\/p>\n<p>The summary report from Monday\u2019s Stakeholder Consultation is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/77\/2022\/10\/25\/high-level-summary-of-stakeholder-dialogue-of-the-preparatory-meeting-for-the-un-2023-water-conference\/\">https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/77\/2022\/10\/25\/high-level-summary-of-stakeholder-dialogue-of-the-preparatory-meeting-for-the-un-2023-water-conference\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><strong>WATER BILATERALS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Related to the water events, President K\u0151r\u00f6si will meet today with the Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Petteri Taalas \u2013 whom you heard from just now.<\/p>\n<p>President K\u0151r\u00f6si will also meet today with Danilo Turk, President of Club de Madrid, who took part in this week\u2019s discussions.<\/p>\n<p>As well as with Francesca Bernardini, Co-Secretary to the Protocol on Water.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PRINCIPALS OF Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GROUP <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, President K\u0151r\u00f6si addressed the Principals of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Sustainable Development Group, which was discussing the preparatory process for the SDG Summit to be held in September of next year.<\/p>\n<p>President K\u0151r\u00f6si said we are facing systemic challenges and require systemic solutions. World leaders called for urgent and transformative engagement during this year\u2019s Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµGA. The SDG Summit must answer them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SUSTAINABLE CITIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Later today, the President will speak to the Group of Friends of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ-Habitat, Sustainable Urbanization and the New Urban Agenda. This is an event organized by the Permanent Missions of Slovakia and Botswana.<\/p>\n<p>I will share those remarks when delivered.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BILATERALS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition to this already busy schedule, President K\u0151r\u00f6si met this morning with the President of the International Court of Justice, Judge Joan Donoghue and the Registrar of the Court, Mr. Philippe Gautier.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow starting at 10AM the President of the International Court of Justice will introduce the annual report of the Court to the General Assembly, which will be followed by a debate .<\/p>\n<p>He also met early this morning with Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµODC Executive Director and Director General of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Office in Vienna, USG Ghada Waly.<\/p>\n<p>Later today he will meet with Navanethem Pillay, Miloon Kothari and Christopher Sidoti \u2013 the three members of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel (COI OPTEJI), which has been established by the United Nations Human Rights Council.<\/p>\n<p>The three Commissioners are scheduled to present their report to the Third Committee tomorrow morning.<\/p>\n<p>President K\u0151r\u00f6si will also meet today with the Chair and Commissioners of the Commission of Inquiry on Syria: Paulo Pinheiro, Lynn Welchman and Hanny Megally \u2013 who are presenting their report to the Third Committee today.<\/p>\n<p>Still on the topic of the Third Committee, the following Special Rapporteurs are briefing today:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Mr. Thomas H. 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