Events

UN 2023 Water Conference

UN Headquarters, New York

From: 22.03.2023 to: 24.03.2023

The UN 2023 Water Conference – formally known as the 2023 Conference for the Midterm Comprehensive Review of Implementation of the UN Decade for Action on Water and Sanitation (2018-2028) – will take place at UN Headquarters in New York, 22-24 March 2023, co-hosted by the Governments of Tajikistan and the Netherlands.

The conference will include an opening and closing session, six plenary sessions, and five interactive dialogues, as well as side events organized by participants. It will result in a summary of proceedings from the UNGA President that will feed into the 2023 session of the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF).

More information about the UN 2023 Water Conference is found here.

In support of the preparations for the UN 2023 Water Conference, UN DESA with the support of UN-Water, has developed a Technical Advice on the possible themes for the interactive dialogues of the Conference. The document may be found here.

Side events

Mountain Partnership members are organizing the mountain-related side events during the Conference.

In-person events (see the full list of UN 2023 Water Conference in-person side events):

Wednesday, 22 March at 11.00-12.15 EDT in Conference Room 5: Partnerships and Cooperation for Water - Organizers: Italy, UNESCO-WWAP, FAO, UNIDO, WHO; OECD, Tunisia, Kyrgyzstan, Agha Khan Agency for Habitat, Mountain Partnership, EUDEL (RSVP here)
Wednesday, 22 March at 11.00-12.15 EDT in the ECOSOC Chamber: 2025 International Year of Glaciers' Preservation - Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, World Meteorological Organization, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and World Bank
Thursday, 23 March at 12.30-13.45 EDT in Conference Room A: Integrative Highland to Ocean (H2O) Action for Disappearing Deltas: Towards a UN Convention on Conserving River Deltas - Organizers: African Centre for Climate Actions and Rural Development Initiative (ACCARD), Bayelsa State Government, University of Vermont, University of Colorado-Consortium, Transboundary Water In-Cooperation Network (TWIN) and others
Thursday, 23 March at 14.00-15.15 EDT in Conference Room 5: Cryosphere, Climate, Cooperation: Preserving Glaciers & Snow for the Water Action Agenda - Organizers: Kyrgyz Republic, Nepal, Peru, International Cryosphere Climate Initiative
Friday, 24 March at 9.30-10.45 EDT in Conference Room A: Protecting and restoring critical water related ecosystems in mountains: The role of Indigenous Peoples and biocultural territories in mountain ecosystems - Organizers: International Institute for Environment and Development, International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (INMIP), Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI), Mountain Partnership Secretariat, Farmer Seed Network (FSN) China, Association of Potato Park Communities ANDES (Peru)
Friday, 24 March at 14.00-15.15 EDT in Conference Room 8: The Fouta Djallon Highlands: Visions & actions to safeguard the Water Tower for West Africa - Organizers: Guinea, France (Ministry of Foreign office), IAGF-IFGR, OMVS, The Bridge Tank, RIOB, Geneva Water Hub

Online events (see the full list of UN 2023 Water Conference virtual side events):

Wednesday, 22 March at 10.00-11.30 EDT/ 15.00-16.30 CET: Children and Youth Voice for Water for Sustainable Development – Organizer: Zero Water Day Partnership - Register here - Read the ZWDP's water action commitment
Thursday, 23 March at 10.00-11.30 EDT / 15.00-16.30 CET: Mountains – Water towers for people and the planet - Organizers: Governments of Andorra, Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) - Click here to join (Passcode: 11572167) - Read the MPS' water action commitment

Want to add your mountain-related side event to this list? Contact [email protected].