UNB, Dhaka :
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim have formally announced the appointment of 10 heads of state and government, including Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, as well as two special advisers, to the high-level UN panel on water. The formal announcement was made on Thursday in New York.
The newly appointed other panel members are Ameenah Gurib, President of Mauritius (Co-Chair), Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico (Co-Chair), Malcolm Turnbull, Prime Minister of Australia, János Áder, President of Hungary, Abdullah Ensour, Prime Minister of Jordan, Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa, Macky Sall, President of Senegal, Emomali Rahmon, President of Tajikistan, Han Seung-soo, Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (Special Adviser) and Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, Minister of State for the Environment of Peru (Special Adviser).
The panel, which was launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos last January, aims to mobilise effective action to accelerate the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG6), which focuses on ensuring the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all, at a time of unprecedented challenges, according to the UN news.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim have formally announced the appointment of 10 heads of state and government, including Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, as well as two special advisers, to the high-level UN panel on water. The formal announcement was made on Thursday in New York.
The newly appointed other panel members are Ameenah Gurib, President of Mauritius (Co-Chair), Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico (Co-Chair), Malcolm Turnbull, Prime Minister of Australia, János Áder, President of Hungary, Abdullah Ensour, Prime Minister of Jordan, Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa, Macky Sall, President of Senegal, Emomali Rahmon, President of Tajikistan, Han Seung-soo, Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (Special Adviser) and Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, Minister of State for the Environment of Peru (Special Adviser).
The panel, which was launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos last January, aims to mobilise effective action to accelerate the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG6), which focuses on ensuring the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all, at a time of unprecedented challenges, according to the UN news.
