  {"id":248076,"date":"2022-10-24T13:57:45","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T17:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/77\/?p=248076"},"modified":"2022-10-28T14:29:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T18:29:50","slug":"noon-briefing-highlights-monday-24-october-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/77\/2022\/10\/24\/noon-briefing-highlights-monday-24-october-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Noon Briefing Highlights \u2013 Monday, 24 October 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>NOON BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Spokesperson for General Assembly President <em>Csaba K\u0151r\u00f6si<\/em><br \/>\nUnited Nations Headquarters, New York<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Friday, 21 October 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Underway all day today is the stakeholder consultation in preparation for the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Water Conference in March 2023.<\/p>\n<p>There are about 1,200 registered participants taking part. These are scientists, representatives of the private sector and civil society.<\/p>\n<p>The aim of this consultation is to look at game changers related to water and sustainability issues.<\/p>\n<p>There will be roundtables throughout the day on five main topics \u2013 governance, capacity development, data and information, innovation, and financing.<\/p>\n<p>The discussions today will feed into tomorrow\u2019s preparatory water conference with Member States.<\/p>\n<p>In his opening remarks, President Csaba K\u0151r\u00f6si said there were three main issues that be wanted participants to consider. Those are related to groundwater, enhancing linkages between freshwater and ocean, and integrating water and climate agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Participants also heard from Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ DESA Under-Secretary-General Li Junhua, who is the Secretary-General of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 2023 Water conference.<\/p>\n<p>He presented highlights from the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ DESA\u2019s recent online stakeholder consultation on proposed themes from the conference.<\/p>\n<p>Also addressing the opening was former President of the Republic of Hungary, J\u00e1nos \u00c1der. He is a Member of the Water and Climate Leaders. He noted that people are mostly occupied right now with gas prices and job security, and less so with climate change and water issues.<\/p>\n<p>But in terms of potable water he noted the James Bond ratio. That only .007% of the planet\u2019s water is available for drinking and other uses.<\/p>\n<p>He made a case for the importance of date and information. For example, the loss of grid water, the international community doesn\u2019t have precise information about how much water is actually delivered from point A to point B, or good data about waste water and how much of that is put back into planet.<\/p>\n<p>Without good date, it makes it difficult to see the potential social, political and economic impact of water issues.<\/p>\n<p>Among others who spoke was youth advocate, Keziah Theresee Gerosana. One of the points that she made was that Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ agencies should allocate at least 50% of their budget for water and climate projects.<\/p>\n<p>So that\u2019s to give you a flavor of this morning\u2019s discussions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ DAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today is Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Day.<\/p>\n<p>In his message for the Day, President K\u0151r\u00f6si said that that Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ has two urgent parallel tasks: managing crises and promoting transformation.<\/p>\n<p>He also reminded us what former Secretary-General Dag Hammarskj\u00f6ld, had said: \u201cThe Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ was\u00a0<em>not<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>created to\u00a0<em>take<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>mankind to<em>\u00a0heaven<\/em>, but to save humanity from hell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His full message is in your inboxes and online: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/77\/2022\/10\/23\/pgas-message-on-the-occasion-of-un-day\/\">https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/77\/2022\/10\/23\/pgas-message-on-the-occasion-of-un-day\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>PGA COÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµCIL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And I wanted to let you know that the Council of Presidents of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ General Assembly has had its annual meeting. This is a group of former Presidents of General Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Members expressed great concern about current, multifaceted crises on the agenda of the 77th Assembly, and reiterated the importance of upholding the principles and purposes of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Charter in addressing these challenges.<\/p>\n<p>A full press release is available through our colleagues at the Media Documents Centre.<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A journalist suggested that OPGA review water cooperation between Afghanistan and Iran, ahead of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 2023 Water Conference.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOON BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS Spokesperson for General Assembly President Csaba K\u0151r\u00f6si United Nations Headquarters, New York Friday, 21 October 2022 \u00a0STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION Underway all day today is the stakeholder consultation in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":360,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[367,366,360],"class_list":["post-248076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-pga-council","tag-un-day","tag-water","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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