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Water and Poverty
Closing Plenary: Building Partnerships for Action



Description

The final plenary session will focus on defining actions and commitments that will improve the water security of poor people at all levels-from the individual and local community through sub-national and national levels to the international community.

A number of specific commitments to actions in the future will be stated, with partnership initiatives for water and poverty actions.

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Key Issues

  • Commitment to actions to improve water security for the poor
  • Partnership initiatives to catalyze actions at local, national and international levels

Date and Venue

20 March 2003; 17:30 - 19:30
Main Hall, Kyoto International Conference Hall
Kyoto, Japan

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Program

ActivityPresenter
Introduction and Opening RemarksWouter Lincklaen Arriens
Asian Development Bank
Presentation of the Ministerial Statement Shireen Lateef
ADB
WaterWordsJohn Soussan
Water and Poverty Initiative
Other Commitments to ActionVarious Organizations
Youth on WaterUNICEF- Ryan Hreljac, Ryan's Well, and Blessing David, Nigeria
Netherlands Partnership with Multilateral Development BanksHon. Agnes van Ardenne-van der Hoeven
Minister for Development Cooperation, The Netherlands
Water for Cities ProgramsAnna Kajumulo Tibaijuka
Executive Director, UN-Habitat
Closing RemarksTadao Chino
President, ADB

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