Quake Leaves Little Water
for Port-au-Prince Residents
Haitians
wash themselves in a public fountain after a powerful
earthquake left their city, Port-au-Prince, devastated and
with few water resources. 14 January 2010. ©
UN Photo/Marco Dormino # 425037
UN
Peacekeepers Distribute Water and Food in Haiti
Brazilian peacekeepers from the United Nations
Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) distribute water
and food in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. 22 January 2010 ©
UN Photo/Marco
Dormino
# 425870
WATER NEWS
THE
AGE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY? by SAHANA SINGH
(MaximsNewsNetwork)
WORLD
WETLANDS DAY - 2 FEBRUARY: AHMED DJOGHLAF, CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (MaximsNewsNetwork)
UN
MARKS 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF CYANIDE SPILL WITH CALL FOR GREATER VIGILANCE
(MaximsNews Network)
WATER
FOR HAITI, NOW by PETER GLEICK (MaximsNews Network)
U.N.
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF BIODIVERSITY LAUNCHED IN BERLIN BY ANGELA MERKEL: PHOTOS (MaximsNewsNetwork)
Dr.
AHMED DJOGHLAF: LAUNCH OF THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF BIODIVERSITY: 2010 (MaximsNewsNetwork)
CELEBRITIES
REACH THE KILIMANJARO SUMMIT TO RAISE AWARENESS ON GLOBAL WATER ISSUES:
01/20/2010 (MaximsNews Network)
HAITI:
UN AGENCIES RAMPING UP RESPONSE FOLLOWING DEADLY QUAKE: 01/15/2010 (MaximsNews Network)
CHINA
GREENTECH INITIATIVE RELEASES SECTOR STUDIES, by MARISHA
WOJCIECHOWSKA-SHIBUYA:
01/06/2010 (MaximsNews Network)
TOKYO'S
SEWERAGE: FROM NIGHT SOIL TO GLITZY HI-TECH, by MARISHA WOJCIECHOWSKA-SHIBUYA:
01/06/2010 (MaximsNews Network)
FUTURE
OF HUMANITY HINGES ON COPENHAGEN CLIMATE CONFERENCE, SAYS BAN KI-MOON:
(MaximsNews Network)
UNICEF
FRESHWATER EXPERT, TESHOME MANDEFRO ERGETE OF ETHIOPIA, KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN KABUL: (MaximsNews Network)
DISASTER
RISK REDUCTION CRITICAL FOR COPING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, SAYS UN DISASTER EXPERT:
(MaximsNews Network)
ADOPT
A 'NO-REGRETS' STRATEGY: FIRST-EVER LARGE-SCALE REPORT ON THE YANGTZE AND
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION RELEASED IN BEIJING: (MaximsNews Network)
HOW
ABOUT WATER QUALITY MONITORING ON PLANET EARTH? by SAHANA SINGH: (MaximsNews Network)
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Network for the United Nations and the International Community
INNOVATIVE
SOLUTIONS TO THE WORLD'S WATER CRISIS - REWARD $70,000: (MaximsNews Network)
GEF
CONFERENCE: GROUNDWATER CRITICAL IN MANAGING CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS:
(MaximsNews Network)
CAN
CHINA GROW GREEN? EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ELLEN G. CARBERRY OF THE CHINA
GREENTECH INITIATIVE BY MARISHA WOJCIECHOWSKA-SHIBUYA: (MaximsNews Network)
THIS
IS CLIMATE CHANGE by SAHANA SINGH: 22/10/2009 (MaximsNews Network)
MAURICE
STRONG'S OUTLOOK ON COP15 CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS, EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW by FRED DUBEE AND MARISHA WOJCIECHOWSKA-SHIBUYA: 14/10/2009 (MaximsNews Network)
RESTING
AND RESTORING GAZA STRIP'S UNDERGROUND WATER SUPPLIES EMERGES AS TOP PRIORITY
SAYS UNEP: 15/09/2009 (MaximsNews Network)
MILWAUKEE'S
WATER TECHNOLOGY HUB: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH DEAN AMHAUS by MARISHA
WOJCIECHOWSKA-SHIBUYA: 11/09/2009 (MaximsNews Network)
KPMG
INTERNATIONAL & THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT JOIN FORCES: NEW STUDY ON
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT & DEVELOPMENT by KATHY SHANDLING
INTERNATIONAL
ENERGY CONFERENCE @ U.N. TO ADDRESS GLOBAL CHALLENGES: WORLD ENERGY FORUM, U.N.
& WORLD BANK: (MaximsNewsNetwork)
WATER
EXPERTS SAY THAT WATER MUST BE INCLUDED IN COP-15 CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS:
23/08/2009 (MaximsNews Network)
UNITED
NATIONS GLOBAL COMPACT CITIES PROGRAMME: RESPONSIBILITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR
MILWAUKEE, by CHRISTIAN BARTLEY and GRACE LEDET: 20/08/2009 (MaximsNews Network)
PAKISTAN
SETS GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR TREE PLANTING: 09/08/2009 (MaximsNews Network)
THE
HENRY HUDSON 400 FOUNDATION SALUTES THE QUADRICENTENNIAL VOYAGE OF HENRY HUDSON
WITH A TWO-DAY WATER PROGRAM ENTITLED 'H209 FORUM', by KATHY SHANDLING:
06/08/2009 (MaximsNews Network)
UN
TO HELP ANGOLA ACHIEVE 'WATER FOR ALL': 06/08/2009 (MaximsNews Network)
WORLD'S
CHILDREN TO RECEIVE TWO NEW VACCINES TO PREVENT PNEUMONIA AND DIARRHEAL DISEASE:
MILLIONS MAY BE SAVED by Dr. Max Stamper
ASIAN
DEVELOPMENT BANK SAYS SUSTAINED WATER SECTOR INVESTMENT CAN HELP FUEL GROWTH IN
ASIA: 03/07/2009 (MaximsNews Network)
DUTCH
SCIENTIST RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS LEE KUAN YEW WATER PRIZE 2009: 19/06/2009
(MaximsNews Network)
NEW
REPORT FINDS CLIMATE CHANGE ALREADY A DETECTABLE DRIVER OF MIGRATION: 15/06/2009
(MaximsNews Network)
NEW
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS PACT SHOULD CONSIDER HUMANITARIAN SUFFERING, SAYS UN:
11/06/2009 (MaximsNews Network)
MORE
MUST BE DONE TO FIGHT ZIMBABWE CHOLERA OUTBREAK, ACCORDING TO UN: 10/06/2009
(MaximsNews Network)
NEW
WORLD BANK GROUP INITIATIVES TO ADDRESS THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS, by KATHY
SHANDLING: (MaximsNews Network)
PACIFIC
ISLAND LEADERS APPEAL TO JAPAN IN FACE OF WORSENING WATER ILLS, by MARISHA
WOJCIECHOWSKA-SHIBUYA:
25/05/2009 (MaximsNews Network)
INTERNATIONAL
AID IGNORING SECOND BIGGEST KILLER OF CHILDREN UNDER-FIVE, ACCORDING TO WATERAID
REPORT:
14/05/2009 (MaximsNews Network)
JAPAN'S
LEADERS IN POLITICS, BUSINESS AND ACADEMIA LAUNCH THE WATER SECURITY COUNCIL OF
JAPAN, by MARISHA WOJCIECHOWSKA-SHIBUYA:
30/04/2009 (MaximsNews Network)
EARTH
DAY 2009 HAS ARRIVED - BUT WHERE IS THE FOCUS ON GLOBAL WATER ISSUES? by KATHY
SHANDLING: 22/04/2009 (MaximsNews Network)
MINISTERS
FOR WATER SECURITY INITIATIVE IN ASIA-PACIFIC DRAWS POLITICAL SUPPORT ACROSS THE
REGION, by FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN YOSHIRO MORI:
24/03/2009 (MaximsNews Network)
THE
GLOBAL COMMUNITY MOBILIZES TO MINIMIZE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION DUE TO
WATER-RELATED DISASTERS AT 5TH WORLD WATER FORUM:
20/03/2009 (MaximsNews Network)
AFRICA
CALLS FOR ACTION AT 5TH WORLD WATER FORUM by AMY HART:
20/03/2009 (MaximsNews Network)
STRATEGIC
INVESTMENTS IN WATER CAN STIMULATE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND GENERATE JOBS, ACCORDING
TO EXPERTS:
18/03/2009 (MaximsNews Network)
NEW
WORLD BANK GROUP INITIATIVES TO ADDRESS THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS, by KATHY
SHANDLING: 18/03/2009 (MaximsNews
Network)
AFTERMATH
OF THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT, by KATHY SHANDLING: 18/03/2009
(MaximsNews
Network)
WOMEN
SPEAK OUT: 5TH WORLD WATER FORUM IN ISTANBUL by AMY HART: 18/03/2009 (MaximsNews
Network)
AMY
HART ASSAULTED AT WORLD WATER FORUM IN ISTANBUL: SEE PHOTOS: 17/03/2009 (MaximsNews
Network)
WATER
SECURITY INITIATIVE ANNOUNCED FOR ASIA-PACIFIC REGION:
16/03/2009 (MaximsNews Network)
JAPANESE
PORT CAPITAL INVESTMENT REQUIRED FOR SUCCESSFUL CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION:
16/03/2009 (MaximsNews Network)
NEW
UN REPORT HIGHLIGHTS CRUCIAL ROLE OF WATER IN DEVELOPMENT:
13/03/2009 (MaximsNews Network)
MEDELLIN
TO COMPLETE RIVER CLEAN-UP WITH IDB FINANCING:
02/03/2009 (MaximsNews Network)
KATHY
SHANDLING: THE INFRASTRUCTURE STIMULUS SCRAMBLE: AMERICAN RECOVERY AND
REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009:
02/03/2009 (MaximsNews Network)
MEMORANDUM
ADOPTED AT "PEACE WITH WATER" CONFERENCE:
18/02/2009 (MaximsNews
Network)
WATER
PERSPECTIVES FROM DAVOS, by MARGARET CATLEY-CARLSON:
10/02/2009 (MaximsNews
Network)
ETHIOPIA
STILL FACES FOOD INSECURITY DUE TO DROUGHT DESPITE SOME RAINS, UN REPORTS:
27/01/2009 (MaximsNews
Network)
HIGH-LEVEL
NEGOTIATIONS ON A GLOBAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR WATER IN ADVANCE OF NEXT WORLD WATER
FORUM:
21/01/2009 (MaximsNews
Network)
THE
WORLD'S WATER 2008-2009: PEAK WATER, CHINA'S WATER CRISIS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
IMPACTS AMONG PRESSING TOPICS EXAMINED BY PACIFIC INSTITUTE:
21/01/2009 (MaximsNews
Network)
THE
WORLD'S LARGEST OCEAN PROTECTED AREA IS DESIGNATED BY PRESIDENT BUSH:
09/01/2009 (MaximsNews
Network)
UN
DISASTER TEAM ARRIVES IN FLOOD-STRICKEN PAPUA NEW GUINEA:
22/12/2008 (MaximsNews
Network)
JIMMY
CARTER: ERADICATING GUINEA WORM DISEASE
(MaximsNews Network)
Former U.S. President Jimmy
Carter comforts six-year-old Ruhama Issah at
Savelugu
Hospital
as Adams Bawa, a Carter
Center
technical assistant, dresses her extremely painful Guinea worm wound. Photo © The Carter
Center/Louise Gubb,
Ghana
, 2007
FORMER
PRESIDENT CARTER
ON ERADICATING GUINEA WORM DISEASE: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW by MARISHA
WOJCIECHOWSKA-SHIBUYA:
19/12/2008 (MaximsNews Network)
VIEW:
WATER NEWS ARCHIVES 2008
VIEW:
WATER NEWS
ARCHIVES 2007
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