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29 July 2015

Closing in on the Post-2015 Development Agenda

The momentum leading into this week’s final round of negotiations has been promising. Earlier this month, for example, Member...
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29 July 2015

Spotlight on: Means of Implementation

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29 July 2015

Preparing for Stockholm

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29 July 2015

Cost of Monitoring the SDGs in the Water Sector

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28 July 2015

“It is possible,” UN expert Léo Heller says on the human right to water & sanitation

“Five years ago today, the United Nations Member States explicitly recognized the human right to water and sanitation at...
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15 July 2015

Partners To Discuss Potential For Innovative Financing and Resource Mobilization at a WASH-focused side event at Financing for Development (FfD) Conference

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30 June 2015

WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Program (JMP) launch 2015 Progress Update and MDG Assessment

Closing the gaps and achieving universal access for all is the challenge now facing the global community. Over the...
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03 June 2015

Tajikistan to Focus on Past Achievements and Ways Forward

Twelve years ago, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution initiated by the Republic of Tajikistan and declared...
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27 May 2015

Teach a Water Class

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25 May 2015

GLAAS 2014 Findings – Special Report for Africa

This report highlights the substantial gains that have been made with African countries, and the external support agencies (ESAs)...

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