NEW YORK, 14 October ¨C Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ and partners are gearing up for next year¡¯s international conference on water ¨C a critical resource that sustains life on the planet.
¡°I cannot imagine an issue that is more serious and more urgent than water ¨C including the issue of groundwater,¡± said Csaba K?r?si, President of the 77th session of the General Assembly. ¡°Simply said, our immediate and long-term future depend on it.¡±
He was speaking at an event, titled ¡°Valuing the Invisible ¨C Transboundary Groundwater Resources Cooperation¡±. Describing water as ¡°our number one resource¡±, the Assembly President stressed the need for better cooperation in protecting and sharing it.
Mr. K?r?si, whose motto is ¡°solutions through solidarity, sustainability and science¡±, emphasized that his aim is to bring conversations about groundwater out of the circles of scientists and experts because it is a vital question of life and death for many, and also a vital question for the economy, food production, the industry, human settlements, and biodiversity.
The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 2023 Water Conference, to be held in New York, from 22 to 24 March, is seen as the most important water event in a generation and will examine water-linked issues from various angles. The last Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ conference on water was held in 1977 in Mar del Plata, Argentina.
As part of preparations, the Assembly President will to identify ¡°game changers¡± that can help achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6 (clean water and sanitation) and bring about transformative actions that go beyond the good practices and lessoned learned.
The stakeholders¡¯ inputs will inform , in which the themes of interactive dialogues of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 2023 Water Conference will be finalized.
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