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NEWS

• Groundwater Governance Project: Launch of Regional Consultation Workshops
• First National Short Videos and Photographs related to water Contest, Dominican Republic
• IHP-HELP Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science and GWP announce International Water Law Scholarship Programme
• Rotary and UNESCO-IHE join forces to educate water professionals
• Reminder and change of registration date! International Water Film Events at the 6th World Water Forum!
• Natural Sciences Sector Topic: The Right to Water
• UNESCO-IHE continues to support Thailand in mitigating the flood crisis

EVENTS

UNESCO Water Family

• Launch of the 4th edition of the World Water Development Report (WWDR4)
• Africa Water Science, Policy and Management Conference
• International Conference on Freshwater Governance for Sustainable Development

Featured International Events

• Water Management in Europe
• 12th WWW-YES, World Wide Workshop for Young Environmental Scientists

PUBLICATION

• Climate Change Effects on Groundwater Resources: A Global Synthesis of Findings and Recommendations

DID YOU KNOW?

• Facts and figures about the Hydrological Cycle

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NEWS

• UNESCO-IHP participates in the International UN-Water Conference - Water in the Green Economy in Practice: Towards Rio+20
• Consultations regarding famine by UNESCO in Africa
• UNESCO-IHE supports flood crisis mitigation team in Bangkok
• Groundwater Centre moves to UNESCO-IHE

EVENTS

Featured International Events

• Conference on Hydrogeology of Arid Environments
• 3rd IWA International Symposium on Water and Wastewater Technologies in Ancient Civilizations
• ASIA 2012: Fourth International Conference on Water Resources and Renewable Energy Development in Asia
• IV International Conference on Technology Seawater Intrusion in Coastal Aquifers | III International Symposium on Coastal Aquifers and Desalination Plants

DID YOU KNOW…?

• Facts and figures about the La Plata River Basin (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay)

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На 36-ой Сессии Генеральной Конференции ЮНЕСКО, которая 10 ноября завершила свою работу, Российская Федерация вновь избрана членом Межправтельственного Совета МГП ЮНЕСКО от Региональной Группы II - "Центральная и Восточная Европа".

В состав Группы II с мандатом на 4 года также вошли Азербайджан и Польша, мандат Сербии в составе  Группы II сохраняется до 2013 года.

Национальный комитет РФ по МГП ЮНЕСКО получил поздравления с избранием в состав Межправительственного Совета МГП от Национальных Комитетов МГП стран-членов Межправительственного Совета и Региональных центров МГП ЮНЕСКО.

SC/WATER/335
Paris, 10 November 2011

To:            IHP National Committees and Focal Points
Subject:  22 new members elected to the Intergovernmental Council of the International Hydrological Programme (IHP) of UNESCO

UNESCO’s Member States attending the 36th session of the General Conference, the Organization’s highest governing body, have elected 22 new members to the 36-member Intergovernmental Council of the International Hydrological Programme (IHP).

Below is a list of elected countries, by electoral group:

• Group I: Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland
• Group II: Azerbaijan, Poland, Russian Federation
• Group III: Chile, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Uruguay
• Group IV: Australia, Mongolia, Pakistan
• Group V (a): Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali
• Group V (b): Kuwait, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Yemen

States are elected to the IHP Intergovernmental Council for a term of four years. The new IHP Council members join 14 others elected during the previous session of the General Conference, in 2009, and whose mandate will expire in 2013: Italy, Portugal, United States of America (Group I); Serbia (Group II); Cuba, Mexico (Group III); Islamic Republic of Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Republic of Korea (Group IV); Nigeria, Uganda (Group Va); Jordan, Morocco (Group Vb).

UNESCO-IHP extends a warm welcome to the new IHP Council members and looks forward to their invaluable contribution to the planning, definition of priorities, and supervision of the execution of IHP.  Among the main tasks of the IHP Intergovernmental Council at its forthcoming 20th session, tentatively scheduled to be held beginning of June 2012 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, will be the review and endorsement of the strategic plan of the Eighth Phase of IHP (2014-2019).

More about the IHP Intergovernmental Council
[http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/water/ihp/council-and-bureau/]
IHP Council composition
[http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/water/ihp/council-and-bureau/council-composition/]

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NEWS

• UNESCO-IHE Rector awarded Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Prize
• 3rd edition of the International Water and Film Events (IWFE) at the occasion of the 6th World Water Forum
• IHP-LAC takes leadership for the coordination of the Regional Process of the Americas towards the 6th World Water Forum (Marseille, 2012)
• Launch of a "Platform of Solutions" within the framework of the 6th World Water Forum
• ISARM Americas holds coordination meeting
• UNESCO Cairo Office (UCO) releases report climate change risk management on water resources in the Arab region
• UNESCO-IHP and French Water Academy host seminar for 6th World Water Forum on adaptation to climate change impacts

EVENTS

UNESCO Water Family

• Second Arab Water Forum
• HELP International Symposium 2011 "Building Knowledge Bridges for a Sustainable Water Future"

Featured International Event

• OECD Global Forum on Environment: Making Water Reform Happen

VACANCY

• Lecturer in Ecohydrological Modeling – UNESCO-IHE

DID YOU KNOW?

• Facts and figures about the Han River Basin (Republic of Korea)

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