Sadly the world is not on track to achieve the water-related Sustainable Development Goals and targets at the global level by 2030, at the current rate of progress.
Against the background of this reality, in accordance with resolution A/RES/73/226, the UN General Assembly will convene the United Nations 2023 Water Conference[1] in New York, 22-24 March 2023, co-hosted by Tajikistan and the Netherlands, with Mr Liu Zhenmin, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations as its Secretary. The key objective is to support the achievement of the internationally agreed water-related goals and targets, including those contained in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in the context of its three economic, social and environmental pillars.
The conference has three principles in terms of (a) its process (ensure vertical and horizontal inclusiveness) and (b) the results (leaving no-one behind). It will be cross-sectoral, mobilizing all other sectors to improve the way they manage and utilize water resources, which need to bring their plans and actions to the Conference, as well as action-oriented, aiming to lead to concrete results through concrete actions and plans on the ground.
It will include:
Relevant stakeholders can be accredited to be observers (through special accreditation process to be started soon
The Conference will help to set the agenda until 2030, and thereafter, by;
[1] Formerly known as the 2023 Conference for the Midterm Comprehensive Review of Implementation of the UN Decade for Action on Water and Sanitation (2018-2028)