Qatar, Unesco hosts virtual seminar on 'Valuing Water'

Qatar, Unesco hosts virtual seminar on 'Valuing Water'

Qatar National Commission for Education, Culture and Science concluded a sub-regional virtual seminar on the occasion of the launch of the United Nations World Water Development Report 2021 (UN-WWDR 2021) entitled 'Valuing Water'. A number of institutions in the State, Unesco Associated Schools, the National Commissions for Unesco in the GCC countries, and the Unesco World Water Assessment Program (WWAP) took part in the seminar which was organised in co-operation with the Unesco Regional Office for the Gulf States and Yemen in Doha and Qatar University. In a speech on the occasion, Director-General of Qatar National Commission for Education, Culture and Science Dr. Hamda Hassan al-Sulaiti said that the United Nations marks the World Water Day each year on March 22 aiming at raising the awareness on the importance of water and achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goal 6 which calls for ensuring access to water and sanitation for all. Dr al-Sulaiti noted that the UN-WWDR 2021 issued on this occasion every year in order to evaluate the situation of water. Therefore, the Commission organised this important seminar in order to engage all stakeholders in the results, the policies and the recommendations included in the report, providing an overview on the current situation of water as well as the challenges and opportunities at the local and sub-regional levels.