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Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace

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The Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace was created in 2015 in Geneva[1] at the initiative of 15 co-convening UN Member States to analyse water in the context of maintaining peace and security and to move this issue from a technical to a political level.[2] Chaired by Dr. Danilo Türk, the former President of the Republic of Slovenia, the Panel presented its landmark report, A Matter of Survival,[3] in Geneva in 2017. The Geneva Water Hub, acted as Secretariat to the Panel.[4] The Strategic Foresight Group[5] was the main intellectual partner of the Panel.

Work of The Panel

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The High Level Panel on Water and Peace focused on the nexus between water and co-operation and how this maintains peace and security. This included preventive activities and arrangements, such as trans-border water cooperation regimes and institutions, the protection of water infrastructure during armed conflicts and water arrangements in the context of post-conflict peace-building.

Over a period of two years the Panel held consultations and public hearings with all relevant organisations and stakeholders to:

  • Develop a set of proposals aimed at strengthening the global architecture to prevent and resolve water-related conflicts;
  • Facilitate the role of water as an important factor of building peace and cooperation; and
  • Enhance the relevance of water issues in national and global policy making.

List of Panelists

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Chair

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  • Dr. Danilo Türk, former President of the Republic, Slovenia

Vice Chairs

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Members (by order of nomination by co-convening country)

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  • Prof. Laurence Boisson de Chazournes,[6] Professor of Law at University of Geneva, Switzerland
  • Dr. Claudia Patricia Mora, former Vice Minister for Water and Sanitation, Colombia
  • Dr. Pascual Fernández, former State Secretary for Water and Seashore, Spain
  • Prof. Andras Szöllösi-Nagy, former Rector of UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, Hungary
  • His Royal Highness Prince Hassan bin Talal, Jordan
  • Mr. Yerlan Nysanbayev, Vice-Minister of Ministry of Agriculture, Kazakhstan
  • Mr. Mike Allen Hammah, former Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Ghana
  • Mr. Ciarán Ó Cuinn, Director of Middle East Desalination Research Centre, Oman
  • Mr. Andres Tarand, former Prime Minister, Estonia
  • Mr. Thor Chetha, Secretary of State of Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology, Cambodia (acting on an interim basis, nominee to be announced)
  • Mr. Franck Galland, managing director of Environmental Emergency & Security Services, France
  • Mr. Abdelaaziz Ameziane, General Engineer, Ministry of Water, Morocco
Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace during the launch of the Report “A Matter of Survival” in September 2017

Group of Friends on Water and Peace

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In response to the high interest generated by The High Level Panel on Water and Peace, a Group of Friends on Water and Peace was created in early 2016. It provides participating countries with the opportunity to interact with the work of the Panel and offers them a platform for regular dialogue on the issues and recommendations in A Matter of Survival.

References

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  1. ^ Geneva, United Nations Office of. "Where global solutions are shaped for you | The Director-General | Launching of the Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace". www.unog.ch. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  2. ^ UN-Water (2017-09-18). "Report of the Global High Level Panel on Water and Peace". UN-Water. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  3. ^ "A Matter of Survival - Report of the Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace - World". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  4. ^ "Launch of the report and recommendations of the Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace - Plateforme pour le droit international de l'eau douce - UNIGE". www.unige.ch. 2017-08-31. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  5. ^ "Home". strategicforesight.com.
  6. ^ "16 November 2015 - Professor Boisson de Chazournes is appointed as a member of the Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace - Plateforme pour le droit international de l'eau douce - UNIGE". unige.ch. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
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