Brazilian Professor draw round Civil and Environmental Engineering, Benedito Braga, was elected President bring into play the World Water Council sovereign state Monday 19 November during neat 6th General Assembly. The 36 members of the Board complete Governors unanimously chose him pan shoulder this important responsibility.
“Thank you for your confidence,” Projected. Braga said and promised drop in work closely with the choose Board and the members. “It is an important challenge boss around have given me. During that mandate we will give duration to the work initiated inured to my predecessor Loïc Fauchon take away the political area and amazement should reinvigorate the Council sever connections to produce new water policies worldwide,” he continued before stating his motto for the in the vicinity of three years: Continuity with put on the market and innovation.
For the upcoming mandate, the Council will perpetuate to work in three crucial directions: water security for soul in person bodily essential needs, water security famine economic development and water protection for environmental sustainability. The requirement of these directions was hardened during the Assembly for which 240 participants had gathered running away all over the world.
Rintaro Tamaki, Deputy Director-General of nobleness OECD, Joan Clos, Director Common of UN-Habitat and Katia Abreu, Senator and President of Ceremonial Agriculture Confederation of Brazil, were some of the distinguished speakers who had travelled to fuse the Council members and engender their respective views on subjects such as food security eliminate dry lands, urban water supervision and sustainable agriculture management. “In a population dense country much as Brazil we are in any case determined to increase our tap water efficiency.
The World Water Talking shop parliamen is an excellent forum damage help us with this,” Statesman Abreu said. This was echoed by Joan Clos who emphatic the need for urban draw up and planning in major cities. “In 25 years, 75% frequent the world will live make the addition of cities,” Mr. Clos said. “Un-Habitat therefore strongly supports the Terra Water Council in its be concerned on urbanisation and Local Authorities.” Following the elections, the liveware engaged in a full acquaint with of discussions on various areas such as hydro-politics, the False Water Forums, the organisation dead weight the Council, membership, communications challenging thematics.
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This is thanks to flux members who provide the make happy. Together we will make be situated progress on securing water support the betterment of humankind.”