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Stockholm World Water Week (SIWI WWW) 2022 - Value of Water during Armed Conflicts

14:00-15:30 Online & On-site session Pillar Hall
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1er septembre 2022
10:33 am
Zurich (+02:00)

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Please find below the Experts’ Opinion which stems from the session 2022 SIWI World Water Week Session “Value of Water during Armed Conflicts”. The Finnish Special Envoy, Antti Rautavaara, has shared the Experts’ Opinion with the UN Water Conference 2023 co-hosts and also with the Office of President of General Assembly. The document will be distributed via the Finnish communication channels, including uploading it online. 

This session highlights the critical role of water in armed conflicts, underlining gaps and weaknesses in international frameworks and practices, and highlights available measures to protect the human rights to water and sanitation, water resources and infrastructure, and a healthy environment for all.

Programme

14:00 Opening of the session

Dr. Suvi Sojamo, Finnish Environment Institute, session moderator

14:00-14:10 Opening address

Ms. Katja Ahlfors, Director, Centre for Peace Mediation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland

14:10-14.15 Introduction to the panel: The role and value of water in armed conflicts

Dr. Suvi Sojamo, Finnish Environment Institute, junior experts

14.15-15.00 Panel: Measures to protect human rights to water and sanitation, water resources and infrastructure at different phases of the conflict cycle

Pendant le conflit : La protection juridique de l'eau pendant les conflits armés, Dr. Mara Tignino, Geneva Water Hub, commentaire de l'experte junior Mme Dominique Steinbrecher
AprĂšs un conflit : Omar El Hattab, UNICEF, commentaire de l'experte junior Mme Cholpon Aitakhunova.
Prévention des conflits : L'eau comme catalyseur de la paix dans les initiatives régionales, Mme Saule Ospanova, OSCE & M. Maruan El Krekshi, CMI, commentaire de l'experte junior Mme Elina HÀkkinen

15.00-15:25 Q&A with panelists and the audience

15.25-15.30 Key messages for the way forward

Plus d'informations sur le site de la Semaine mondiale de l'eau.

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