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Water flows through the news every day. Many stories about climate change, economics, politics, culture and leisure have a water-related dimension. Explore what UN-Water’s Members and Partners are doing around the world on water.

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29 April 2015

Nepal Earthquake: Urgent Need for Water, Sanitation and Food

As the death toll rises above 4000 people after the massive earthquake that hit Nepal on Saturday, an estimated...

28 April 2015

Water Ripples Social Media

The global celebration of World Water Day took place around 22 March with the official UN celebrations in India...

03 April 2015

A Ten-Year Story - Dialogue and Photos

During a full day event, representatives discussed how the lessons learnt can be translated into concrete actions for sustainable...

01 April 2015

First stakeholder consultation on post-2015 monitoring, January 2015

21 March 2015

Winners Announced for Water for Life Award

20 March 2015

Launch of the UN World Water Development Report

“There is already international consensus that water and sanitation are essential to the achievement of many sustainable development goals...

20 March 2015

The water man of India wins 2015 Stockholm Water Prize

18 March 2015

What is water to you?

This year is important. When the post-2015 development agenda is finalized this fall, it will shape the global agenda...

18 March 2015

World Water Day Trailer

18 March 2015

"Water is a precondition for human existence," says UN Deputy Secretary-General for World Water Day

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