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3rd Meeting of the Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation

(UNSGAB)

November 3-4, 2005
Rome, Italy
Meeting Summary


The third session took place on November 3rd and 4th, 2005 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome, Italy.
The opening on the first day featured the official launch of the website of the Advisory Board.

The Board discussed the following three topics at the meeting in order to begin the process of compiling its compendium of actions.

  • Public-Public Partnerships
  • Financing
  • Sanitation

In the course of the meeting, the Board decided to produce its Compendium of Actions, "Your Action, Our Action", to be delivered at the 4th World Water Forum, which will be held in Mexico in March 2006.
The Board affirmed that new actions for raising awareness on water and sanitation would be explored under the leadership of the chair.
>>See Chair's Comments (English/ French/ Japanese)

It was also decided that the fourth meeting of the Board would be held in February 2006 in Berlin, Germany and the fifth in March 2006 in Mexico City, Mexico in order to enter intensive debate towards the compilation of the compendium of actions. The details of these future meetings will be available on the website.


Mr. Jose Antonio Ocampo, the Under-Secretary-General of UNDESA, and the Chair at the website opening ceremony during the 3rd SessionThe Board members on discussions at the 3rd session




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