Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sewilam has arrived in New York leading a high-profile delegation to take part in a major UN water conference.
Officially known as UN 2023 Water Conference, the UN Conference on the Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Decade for Action, ‘Water for Sustainable Development,’ will take place on March22-24 in New York.
Coinciding with the World Water Day, the conference will focus on the objectives of the decade as laid out in the Secretary-General’s Plan: Water Action Decade 2018-2028.
The minister met with Yoko Kamikawa, special envoy of the Japanese Prime Minister to the conference, to discuss ongoing arrangements for the joint chairmanship of the 3rd interactive dialogue ‘Water and climate’.
During his stay in New York, the minister will be holding bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the conference with counterparts and other senior officials from other countries and representatives of the regional and international organisations concerned with the issue of water.
The UN General Assembly declared in 2018 that 2018-2028 would be the International Decade for Action on Water for Sustainable Development.
In the mid-term review conference, which overlaps with World Water Day on March22 , countries will review their progress in implementing the decade’s goals, identify the obstacles facing them and develop innovative ways to support their implementation.
