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Commemoration of World Water Day 2019
19 Mar 2019 -
Agenda of the meeting:
Master of Ceremony
Dr Maria Neira, Director, Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organisation
Welcome
Mr Olcay U¨nver, Vice-Chair, UN-Water
Opening remarks
Ms Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Mr George Okoth-Obbo, Assistant High Commissioner for Operations, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
HRH Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan of Jordan, UNESCO Special Envoy for Science for Peace
H.E.Ms Emanuela Del Re, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy
Keynote speech
Ms Maya Ghazal, advocate for refugee rights
Launch of the UN World Water Development Report
Mr Stefan Uhlenbrook, Coordinator, UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme
Photo opportunity
Panel discussion
Mr Leo Heller, Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation
Ms Vanessa Godat Fakhry, Responsible of “Solidarite´ Internationale Eau” at the City of Lausanne
Loïc Voisin, Senior Executive Vice President, Suez
Announcement of the winner of the Stockholm Water Prize
Mr Torgny Holmgren, Executive Director, Stockholm International Water Institute
Closing remarks
H.E. Ambassador Michael Freiherr von Ungern-Sternberg, Germany
Agenda of the meeting:
Master of Ceremony
Dr Maria Neira, Director, Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organisation
Welcome
Mr Olcay U¨nver, Vice-Chair, UN-Water
Opening remarks
Ms Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Mr George Okoth-Obbo, Assistant High Commissioner for Operations, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
HRH Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan of Jordan, UNESCO Special Envoy for Science for Peace
H.E.Ms Emanuela Del Re, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy
Keynote speech
Ms Maya Ghazal, advocate for refugee rights
Launch of the UN World Water Development Report
Mr Stefan Uhlenbrook, Coordinator, UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme
Photo opportunity
Panel discussion
Mr Leo Heller, Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation
Ms Vanessa Godat Fakhry, Responsible of “Solidarite´ Internationale Eau” at the City of Lausanne
Loïc Voisin, Senior Executive Vice President, Suez
Announcement of the winner of the Stockholm Water Prize
Mr Torgny Holmgren, Executive Director, Stockholm International Water Institute
Closing remarks
H.E. Ambassador Michael Freiherr von Ungern-Sternberg, Germany