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Final Drafts of the 3rd UN World Water Development Report submitted to UN-Water

During a two-day meeting of UN-Water at the end of August, in Stockholm, Sweden, Mr Olcay Unver, Coordinator of WWAP, presented the final draft of the third edition of the UN World Water Development Report (WWDR-3) to the members of UN-Water.  This marks an important stage in the development of the report, as the work of writing the text has come to an end.  During this next phase, WWAP will incorporate the feedback from UN-Water and will work toward producing the final text for the third Report.  Please see our webpage on the WWDR-3 for more information on the new process and features of the Report.

Presentation of the Executive Summary of the case study report on water resources management in the Basque Autonomous Community

On Wednesday, July 23rd, at the UN-Water Pavilion of the Expo Zaragoza 2008, an Executive Summary of the case study on water management in the Basque Autonomous Region in Spain was presented by UNESCO Extea, URA (Basque Water Agency), the United Nations Office to support the International Decade for Action "Water for Life" 2005-2015, and the World Water Assessment Programme. This important case study on the state of water resources in the Basque Autonomous Community provides an account of the region’s water sector, and explains management and policy aspects which make a real difference in availability and provision of services for all.

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