UNITED NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network / - 2008 -- MaximsNewsWATER was launched last year following the Stockholm World Water Week and because of our reader's interest in Water and Sanitation as a dominant global issue for this century.  Marisha Wojciechowska-Shibuya is the new Senior International Water News Editor who shapes the direction of our coverage within the framework of the U.N. Millennium Development Goals.  MaximsNews is building Media Partnerships with key organizations and individuals to contribute both news and support to this vital issue. Please contact us about Media Partnerships and send Press Releases and Media Advisories on these critical topics to: MaximsNews@MaximsNews.com.

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Jean-Michel Cousteau, President, Ocean Futures Society

Photo credit: Tom Ordway, Ocean Futures Society and KQED

JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU WEIGHS IN ON WATER AND CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, by MARISHA WOJCIECHOWSKA-SHIBUYA: 26/04/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

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TO ACHIEVE THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, PARTNERING WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS CRUCIAL, by KATHY SHANDLING: 09/05/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

NATURE'S NATURAL WATER AND WASTEWATER FILTERS, by KATHY SHANDLING: 08/05/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

ENDORSERS OF THE CEO WATER MANDATE URGE G8 GOVERNMENTS TO TAKE ACTION, by KATHY SHANDLING: 08/05/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

BUSINESS NEWS AMERICAS REPORT ON THE WATER SECTOR, by KATHY SHANDLING: 07/05/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

THE BOTTLED WATER GLOBAL CHALLENGE, by KATHY SHANDLING: 07/05/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

NATIONAL DRINKING WATER WEEK, by KATHY SHANDLING: 06/05/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

PAUL SIMON "WATER FOR THE POOR" ACT RECEIVES FUNDING, by KATHY SHANDLING: 04/05/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

A "WATER FOR PEOPLE" CORPORATE FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED, by KATHY SHANDLING: 02/05/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

SURGING FOOD PRICES NOT JUST THREAT, BUT ALSO OPPORTUNITY, SAYS SENIOR UN OFFICIAL: 01/05/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

WATER AND SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY DEEMED CRUCIAL TO MEETING DEVELOPMENT TARGETS IN ASIA-PACIFIC, ACCORDING TO NEW UN REPORT: 01/05/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

Professor Muhammad Yunus (right) and Denis Bilodeau, Vice President, 

Orange County Water District   Photo © Orange County Water District

WATER, FINANCE SUSTAINABILITY 2008: NEW DIRECTIONS FOR A THIRSTY PLANET, by KATHY SHANDLING: 30/04/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

BANGKOK MARKET A HUB FOR ILLEGAL INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN FRESHWATER TURTLES AND TORTOISES: 29/04/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

TACKLING DROUGHT CRUCIAL IN FINDING FOOD CRISIS SOLUTION ACCORDING TO THE UNITED NATIONS: 28/04/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

INAUGURAL WATERSMART INNOVATIONS CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION TO BE HELD IN LAS VEGAS, by KATHY SHANDLING: 25/04/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

EVIAN NATURAL SPRING WATER PURSUES ITS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY WITH THREE NEW ECO-FRIENDLY FEATURES, by KATHY SHANDLING: 25/04/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

FINDING CURES FOR MAJOR ILLNESSES AT RISK DUE TO BIODIVERSITY LOSS, UN WARNS: 25/04/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

UN HUMANITARIAN APPEAL TO COUNTER THREAT OF FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES IN TAJIKISTAN: 24/04/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

CLOROX COMPANY RINGS THE OPENING BELL AT NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE IN CELEBRATION OF EARTH DAY: 22/04/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

JEFFREY SACHS' NEW MASTERPIECE: COMMON WEALTH - THE ECONOMICS FOR A CROWDED PLANET, by KATHY SHANDLING: 21/04/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

UNICEF HIGHLIGHTS WATER AND SANITATION AT G8 DEVELOPMENT MINISTERS' MEETING IN TOKYO, by MIHOKO NAKAGAWA: 21/04/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

Ryan with Matt Damon, co-founder of H2O Africa Foundation

Photo © Ryan's Well Foundation

A BOY'S CHILDHOOD DREAM BRINGS WATER TO 500,000 PEOPLE: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH RYAN HRELJAC OF RYAN'S WELL FOUNDATION, by MARISHA WOJCIECHOWSKA-SHIBUYA: 18/04/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

CANADA'S WATER PLAN FOR FIRST NATIONS COMMUNITIES, by KATHY SHANDLING: 18/04/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

WASH MEDIA AWARDS OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS TO HONOUR JOURNALISTS REPORTING ON WATER AND SANITATION, by MARISHA WOJCIECHOWSKA-SHIBUYA: 17/04/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

UNDP LAUNCHES 2008 WORLD BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT AWARDS: 17/04/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

UN ISSUES APPEAL FOR AID TO ETHIOPIAN DROUGHT VICTIMS: 16/04/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

NEW DESALINATION PLANT TO BE BUILT IN ALGERIA, by KATHY SHANDLING: 10/04/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

THE FRENCH WATER COMPANY, SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT, HAS ANNOUNCED A NEW CHINA WATER PARTNERSHIP, by KATHY SHANDLING: 10/04/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

MEXICO'S CONAGUA APPROVES US$168 MILLION FOR SANITATION PROJECTS, by KATHY SHANDLING: 07/04/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

THE CHILEAN PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES US$128 MILLION FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, by KATHY SHANDLING: 07/04/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

CEO WATER MANDATE CONFERENCE REPORT ISSUED: 05/04/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

ECUADOR FLOODS: UNICEF CONTINUES ITS RELIEF OPERATION: 04/04/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

THE SUSTAINABLE WATER ALLIANCE TO BE LAUNCHED, by KATHY SHANDLING: 03/04/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

GRAMEEN BANK AND VEOLIA WATER CREATE COMPANY TO PROVIDE WATER TO THE POOREST PEOPLE OF BANGLADESH: 02/04/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

THE IMMINENT THREAT OF GLOBAL WATER WARS, by MASIMBA BIRIWASHA: 02/04/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

EXPANDING WATER PRIVATIZATION INITIATIVES IN SAUDI ARABIA, by KATHY SHANDLING: 02/04/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENS DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS OF WORLD'S POOR DUE TO INCREASING WATER SHORTAGES AND LACK OF GOOD QUALITY WATER - UN OFFICIAL: 01/04/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

HYFLUX PLANS TO BUILD A US$468 MILLION WATER DESALINATION PLANT IN ALGERIA, by KATHY SHANDLING: 01/04/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

FIRST STAGE OF AFGHAN WATER PROJECT IS INAUGURATED, by KATHY SHANDLING: 01/04/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

In a traditional Amazon River myth, at night a boto (pink river dolphin) becomes a handsome young man, a shapeshifter called an encantado. Ariau Towers, Brazil, Rio Negro

Photo: ©Carrie Vonderhaar, Ocean Futures Society/KQED

COUSTEAU FAMILY RETURN TO THE AMAZON, TO AIR ON PBS: 31/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

Young girl from and Arab nomad tribe carries water through her village on a donkey, in Regel El-Kubri, Sudan. 16 March 2008  ©UN Photo/Stuart Price

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK PRESIDENT PLEDGES TO PLACE WATER AT THE CENTRE OF AFRICA'S SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AT FIRST AFRICAN WATER WEEK: 28/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

NEW HYDROLOGICAL STATION WILL HELP MANAGE AFGHAN WATER RESOURCES: 28/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

WORLD CITIES AT UN FORUM UNITE TO REDUCE POVERTY AND COOPERATE IN AREAS SUCH AS WATER AND SANITATION: 28/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

USAID RECOGNIZES COCA-COLA'S EFFORTS IN PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT WITH "ALLIANCE OF THE YEAR" AWARD: 27/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

NEW WATER AND POWER INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE UAE, by KATHY SHANDLING: 27/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

ISRAELI WATER WOES, by KATHY SHANDLING: 27/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION CALLS FOR INCREASED HYDROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS TO HELP NATIONS ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE: 26/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

LACK OF WATER AND POWER CRISIS DECLARED BY KUWAIT MINISTER OF ELECTRICITY AND WATER, by KATHY SHANDLING: 26/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

ANGOLA'S "WATER FOR ALL" PROJECT TO COVER 80% OF THE COUNTRY'S POPULATION, by KATHY SHANDLING: 26/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

GREECE AGREES TO SUPPLY WATER TO CYPRUS, by KATHY SHANDLING: 26/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

OVER 100 MILLION LACK ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER IN EUROPE ACCORDING TO THE UN: 25/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK AND OPEC BACK HUGE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT IN NEPAL TO EASE WATER SHORTAGES: 25/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

UNICEF CALLS FOR HELP FOR FLOOD VICTIMS IN NAMIBIA: 24/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

UNCLEAN WATER THREATENS HEALTH OF ONE MILLION CENTRAL AFRICANS, UN WARNS: 24/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GRANT TO DEVELOP THERMAL TOURISM IN CHILE: 23/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

UNICEF & WHO JOINT STUDY: 6 IN 10 AFRICANS REMAIN WITHOUT ACCESS TO A PROPER TOILET: 23/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

ASIA AND AFRICA AT THE CROSSROADS OF WATER AND SANITATION WOES?: 21/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

MAXIMSNEWS WATER HONORS WORLD WATER DAY, by MARISHA WOJCIECHOWSKA-SHIBUYA: 21/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

RUNNING DRY: THE DOCUMENTARY ON THE WORLD'S GROWING WATER CRISIS INSPIRED BY U.S. SENATOR PAUL SIMON, by KATHY SHANDLING: 21/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)      View: "RUNNING DRY" Documentary

ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK FUNDS ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN TO SAVE THE REGION'S SEAS AND RAINFORESTS: 20/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

NEW UNITED NATIONS-ROTARY COLLABORATION SET TO SHARE GLOBAL INFORMATION: 20/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

THE FIRST LEE KUAN YEW WATER PRIZE GOES TO WATER TECHNOPRENEUR DR. ANDREW BENEDEK: 19/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

STOCKHOLM WATER PRIZE 2008 AWARDED TO VIRTUAL WATER INNOVATOR, PROFESSOR ANTHONY ALLAN: 19/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

NORWAY COMMITS FUNDS TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK TO SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT: 19/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SANITATION SCANDAL!: 19/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

THOUSANDS OF RESTAURANTS IN THE U.S.A. HONOR WORLD WATER DAY WITH TAP PROJECT, by KATHY SHANDLING: 19/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

TAKE THE INITIATIVE - TAP INTO WATERAID: 17/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

OLYMPICS COULD STRAIN BEIJING'S LOCAL WATER SUPPLY, by KATHY SHANDLING: 17/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

TUNIS TO HOST FIRST AFRICAN WATER WEEK: 14/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

ECONOMIC GROWTH SPURS CHANGES ALONG THE MEKONG RIVER BASIN: 14/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

CONTAMINATED DRINKING WATER, by KATHY SHANDLING: 13/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

BAN KI-MOON'S MESSAGE FOR WORLD WATER DAY: A LACK OF POLITICAL WILL BIGGEST CULPRIT IN FAILURE TO ACHIEVE BASIC SANITATION GOAL: 13/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

PAKISTAN LAUNCHES THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF SANITATION 2008: 13/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

UNICEF LAUNCHES A BOOKLET ON MENSTRUAL HYGIENE MANAGEMENT: BRINGING THE ISSUE OUT OF THE CLOSET: 13/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

THE GLOBAL SANITATION FUND LAUNCHED TO TACKLE THE SANITATION SCANDAL: 12/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

CEO WATER MANDATE CONVENES INAUGURAL WORKING CONFERENCE: 10/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

WATER, FINANCE, AND THE QUEST FOR VIABLE SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS by KATHY SHANDLING: 04/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

NOAA, WORLD BANK JOIN TO HELP MANAGE WATER AND COASTAL RESOURCES IN LATIN AMERICA: 03/03/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

UNEP Report Warns: Warmer World May Mean Less Fish

INTERNATIONAL WATER-RELATED  CONFERENCES: UPCOMING SCHEDULE: 27/02/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

JAPAN ANNOUNCES NEW FOREIGN POLICY ON WATER: 25/02/2008 (MaximsNews Network) 

SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL WATER WEEK TRADE EXPO SOLD OUT: 20/02/2008 (MaximsNews Network) 

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Secretary-General Meets Prince of Netherlands, Chairperson of the UN Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation, for the Launch of the UN International Year of Sanitation: 21/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) meets with Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange of the Netherlands and Chairman of the Advisory Board of the UN Secretary-General on Water and Sanitation. 21 November 2007. UN Photo# 161842/Mark Garten

UN: INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF SANITATION LAUNCHED TODAY FOR 2.6 BILLION PEOPLE WITHOUT ADEQUATE FACILITIES: 21/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

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WHY THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF SANITATION IS NO MATTER FOR PRUDERY by PETER NEWBORNE: 21/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

UNITED NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network / - 21 November 2007 -- On November 21st, 2007 the UN will launch the International Year of Sanitation (IYS).

What, a year talking about ... toilets?!?

In Europe, we take for granted a toilet on...

WHY THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF SANITATION IS NO MATTER FOR PRUDERY by PETER NEWBORNE: 21/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

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UNITED NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network / - 13 November 2007 --   Japan’s Imperial Household Agency has publicly announced HIH the Crown Prince of Japan’s participation in the 1^st Asia-Pacific Water Summit. HRH the Dutch Prince of Orange, in his role as Chair of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation (UNSGAB), has also announced his participation in the 1^st APWS.

HIH THE CROWN PRINCE OF JAPAN TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 1ST ASIA-PACIFIC WATER SUMMIT: 13/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)  

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UNITED NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network / - 12 November 2007 -- This is the second feature story to be released in the lead up to the 1^st Asia-Pacific Water Summit, a series produced by the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) in Singapore and released by the Asia-Pacific Water Forum.

ASIA-PACIFIC WATER SUMMIT: PHNOM PENH'S WATER CHAMPION: 11/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

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UN: ASIA-PACIFIC REGION NEEDS SUSTAINABLE GROWTH: ENVOY HAN SEUNG-SOO: 24/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

BOROUGE AND BOREALIS LAUNCH WATER FOR THE WORLD: 05/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

UNESCO: PRESIDENT BRANKO CRVENKOVSKI ON THE WORLD'S POOR WATER MANAGEMENT: 28/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

ASIA-PACIFIC WATER SUMMIT: INDIA: LACK OF WATER, LACK OF EDUCATION by KALINGA SENEVIRATNE: 24/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

ASIA-PACIFIC WATER SUMMIT: CHINA'S LIAO RIVER PEOPLE CRY OUT FOR CLEAN UP by JIE CAO: 23/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• 1ST ASIA PACIFIC WATER SUMMIT: REMARKS BY MARGARET CATLEY-CARLSON AND FRANK R. RIJSBERMAN, WATER AND CLIMATE ADAPTATION INITIATIVES, GOOGLE.ORG: 13/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• U.S. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES JOINS ACADEMIES WORLDWIDE TO ADDRESS GLOBAL DRINKING WATER CRISIS (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)

••• PACIFIC INSTITUTE AND BSR RELEASE WATER TRENDS REPORT (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)

••• WBCSD LAUNCHES GLOBAL WATER TOOL TO HELP COMPANIES MANAGE WATER USE (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)

••• UN: UNESCO HOSTS EXPERT MEETING ON IMPROVING WATER MANAGEMENT IN CITIES: 13/9/2007

••• MaximsNewsWATER -- LAUNCHED TODAY AMID  CONCERNS ON WATER AND SANITATION AS DOMINANT GLOBAL ISSUES>>>

••• PRIME MINISTER YOSHIRO MORI: ADDRESS TO THE OPENING AT THE FIRST STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE 1st ASIA-PACIFIC WATER SUMMIT

••• 2007 WORLD WATER WEEK ENDS: TIME TO DO BETTER ON POVERTY, SANITATION, WATER SCARCITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE: 22/8/2007 

••• UN WARNS WATER WILL BECOME THE DOMINANT GLOBAL ISSUE THIS CENTURY: 21/8/2007 

MaximsNews Guest Contributor   THE DUTCH PRINCE OF ORANGE           THE DUTCH PRINCE OF ORANGE ON WATER AND SANITATION CONCERNS: 01/10/2007  (MaximsNews Network)

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      UNITED NATIONS - / www.MaximsNews.com@ U.N./ - 20 September 2007 – The U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the Global Health and Education Foundation are joining with science, engineering, and medical academies around the world to take action on the drinking water crisis faced by many countries by launching “Safe Drinking Water Is Essential” (www.drinking-water.org). 

••• U.S. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES JOINS ACADEMIES WORLDWIDE TO ADDRESS GLOBAL DRINKING WATER CRISIS (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)

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UN: UNESCO HOSTS EXPERT MEETING ON IMPROVING WATER MANAGEMENT IN CITIES: (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)

UNITED NATIONS - / www.MaximsNews.com@ U.N./ -  September 2007 –   Government and academic experts from around the world will examine ways to improve urban water management at an international symposium that started yesterday at the Paris headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

••• UN: UNESCO HOSTS EXPERT MEETING ON IMPROVING WATER MANAGEMENT IN CITIES: 13/9/2007

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      UNITED NATIONS - / www.MaximsNews.com@ U.N./ -  September 2007 – The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) launched its Global Water Tool during World Water Week in Stockholm last month.

••• WBCSD LAUNCHES GLOBAL WATER TOOL TO HELP COMPANIES MANAGE WATER USE (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)

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PRIME MINISTER YOSHIRO MORI: ADDRESS TO THE OPENING AT THE FIRST STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE 1st ASIA-PACIFIC WATER SUMMIT (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)

UNITED NATIONS - / www.MaximsNews.com@ U.N./ September 2007 - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, Chair of the Steering Committee of the 1^st Asia-Pacific Water Summit and President, Asia-Pacific Water Forum, delivered these remarks to the Opening at the First Steering Committee Meeting of the 1^st Asia-Pacific Water Summit, March 29, 2007:

••• PRIME MINISTER YOSHIRO MORI: ADDRESS TO THE OPENING AT THE FIRST STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE 1st ASIA-PACIFIC WATER SUMMIT

••• PRIME MINISTER YOSHIRO MORI: BIO

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Loïc Fauchon  President of the World Water Council See Bio.

Loïc FAUCHON: Address to Symposium on “Climate Change and Water”, Towards the 1^st Asia-Pacific Water Summit and Beyond (7 August 2007): (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)

UNITED NATIONS - / www.MaximsNews.com@ U.N./ - 03 September 2007 – Loïc Fauchon delivered the following address to the Symposium on "Climate Change and Water", Towards the 1^st Asia-Pacific Water Summit and Beyond, in Tokyo, Japan last month:

••• Loïc FAUCHON: Address to Symposium on “Climate Change and Water”, Towards the 1^st Asia-Pacific Water Summit and Beyond (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)

••• Loïc Fauchon: BIO & Columns (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)

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Margaret Catley-Carlson is a Contributor to MaximsNews.com.  MARGARET CATLEY-CARLSON Chair, Global Water Partnership, Stockholm, Sweden

SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLY IN THE 21st CENTURY by MARGARET CATLEY-CARLSON: 01/9/2007 (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)

••• SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLY IN THE 21st CENTURY by MARGARET CATLEY-CARLSON: 01/9/2007 (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)

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UNITED NATIONS - / www.MaximsNews.com@ U.N./ - 21 August 2007 –  Water will become the dominant global issue this century, and the availability of its supply could threaten the world’s social stability, warned Anna Tibaijuka, the head of the U.N. agency tasked with promoting socially and environmentally sustainable housing has warned.

••• UN WARNS WATER WILL BECOME THE DOMINANT GLOBAL ISSUE THIS CENTURY: 21/8/2007 (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)

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CRISIS IN DRINKING WATER & SANITATION: ASIA-PACIFIC WATER SUMMIT: 09/8/2007 (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)

Meeting of the 2nd Steering Committee of the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit: 1^st row: Saif-ud-Din Soz (Minister of Water Resources of India), Masako Uemoto (Vice President of Japanese Trade Union Confederation), Han Seung-Soo (UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy on Climate Change / President of Korea Water Forum), Yoshiro Mori (Former Prime Minister of Japan / President, Asia-Pacific Water Forum), Margaret Catley-Carlson (Chair of Global Water Partnership), Erna Witoelar (UN Special Ambassador for Millennium Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific / Vice Chair of Governing Council of Asia-Pacific Water Forum), Mercedes Lentz (Mnister’s Adviser of Ministry for the Environment of New Zealand). 

2nd row: Norio Murakami (President, Google Japan Inc.), Rae Kwon Chung (Director of Environment and Sustainable Development Division, UNESCAP), Hiroaki Taniguchi (Vice-Minister for Engineering Affairs, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of Japan), Sulton Rahimov (Chairman of the Executive Committee of International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea), Karim Allaoui (Senior Water Resources Specialist, Islamic Development Bank), Norihito Tambo (Professor Emeritus of Hokkaido University & the Open University of Japan / Vice President of Japan Water Forum), Ravi Narayanan (Vice Chair of Governing Council of Asia-Pacific Water Forum / Former Chief Executive of Water Aid), Hideaki Oda (Councillor to the President of Asia-Pacific Water Forum), Loïc Fauchon (President of World Water Council), James Horne (Deputy Secretary, Department of the Environment and Water Resources of Australia), Liqun Jin (Vice President of Asian Development Bank), Hu Siyi (Vice Minister of Water Resources of China), Katsusada Hirose (Governor of Oita Prefecture, Japan), Giasuddin Ahmed Choudhury (Executive Director of CEGIS, Bangladesh), Masae Wada (Councilor of Housewives Association / Vice President of Japan Water Forum), Hiroto Arakawa (Executive Director of Japan Bank for International Cooperation), Yoshinori Imai (Executive Editor of NHK Japan Broadcasting Cooperation).

••• CRISIS IN DRINKING WATER & SANITATION: ASIA-PACIFIC WATER SUMMIT: 09/8/2007

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      UNITED NATIONS - / www.MaximsNews.com@ U.N./ - 31 July 2007 –  Water and sanitation problems still lag in many of the region’s national priorities, with millions still underserved and at great cost to several of the region’s national economies. Can these issues of vital concern to millions find their way higher up the region’s national agenda and attract the attention of the G8 leaders? 

••• MEDIA ADVISORY: ASIA-PACIFIC WATER SUMMIT: 2ND STEERING COMMITTEE TO MEET 6 AUG. 2007 (MaximsNewsWATER)

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      UNITED NATIONS - / www.MaximsNews.com@ U.N./ - 31 July 2007 –  The climate is undergoing dramatic changes and water and sanitation issues are deemed most vulnerable to the impact of climate change, with anticipated large-scale water shortages, significant agricultural damage, a rise in infectious diseases and intensification of natural disasters.  

••• MEDIA ADVISORY: SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND WATER, 7 AUG. 2007 (MaximsNewsWATER)

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