United Nations, World Council Of Civil Engineers and Aqualogy Foundation cooperate in the "Water For Life" Decade

The World Council of Civil Engineers, the United Nations Office in Spain and Aqualogy Foundation have signed an agreement to publish a series of monographs under the topics chosen annually to commemorate the "International Year of Water" declared by the UN in the 2013-2015 triennium. The publications provided will be devoted to "Water and Cooperation", "Water and Energy" and "Water and Sustainable Development".

United Nations under the International Decade for Action "Water for Life" (2005-2015), among other activities, promotes the coordination of work-related initiatives of UN-Water. The World Council of Civil Engineers includes in its objectives to facilitate technology transfer and cooperation between countries in the fields of civil engineering themselves as water. Meanwhile, Aqualogy Foundation, a forum for reflection, is to promote the debete, boost research and transfer knowledge on water.

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UN-endorsed Water Security Working Group

On September 9, 2013 the representatives of seven associations dealing with different aspects of water issues held a meeting in Chengdu, China to discuss ways to collaborate on ways to enhance water security around the world.  The seven associations represented in the meeting were:

• International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR)
• International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS)
• International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD)
• International Water Resources Association (IWRA)
• International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID)
• World Association for Sedimentation and Erosion Research (WASER)

At the conclusion of the meeting the Presidents of these seven associations signed a Declaration on Water Security, stating the goals of their collaboration.  Those at the meeting agreed to continue collaborating as a working group towards the goals of the pdf Water Security Declaration .

UN sets the stage for adoption of a new global agreement on disaster risk in 2015

12 December 2013, GENEVA – The United Nations General Assembly has set the stage for a new global agreement on reducing the impact of disasters by confirming that the 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction will take place in Sendai City, Japan from 14 to 18 March 2015. 

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