Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace explained

The Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace was created in 2015 in Geneva[1] at the initiative of 15 co-convening UN Member States to analyse water in the context of maintaining peace and security and to move this issue from a technical to a political level.[2] Chaired by Dr. Danilo Türk, the former President of the Republic of Slovenia, the Panel presented its landmark report, A Matter of Survival,[3] in Geneva in 2017. The Geneva Water Hub, acted as Secretariat to the Panel.[4] The Strategic Foresight Group[5] was the main intellectual partner of the Panel.

Work of The Panel

The High Level Panel on Water and Peace focused on the nexus between water and co-operation and how this maintains peace and security. This included preventive activities and arrangements, such as trans-border water cooperation regimes and institutions, the protection of water infrastructure during armed conflicts and water arrangements in the context of post-conflict peace-building.

Over a period of two years the Panel held consultations and public hearings with all relevant organisations and stakeholders to:

List of Panelists

Chair

Vice Chairs

Members (by order of nomination by co-convening country)

Group of Friends on Water and Peace

In response to the high interest generated by The High Level Panel on Water and Peace, a Group of Friends on Water and Peace was created in early 2016. It provides participating countries with the opportunity to interact with the work of the Panel and offers them a platform for regular dialogue on the issues and recommendations in A Matter of Survival.

References

  1. Web site: Where global solutions are shaped for you The Director-General Launching of the Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace. Geneva. United Nations Office of. www.unog.ch. en. 2017-07-17.
  2. Web site: Report of the Global High Level Panel on Water and Peace. UN-Water. 2017-09-18. UN-Water. en-US. 2019-09-17.
  3. Web site: A Matter of Survival - Report of the Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace - World. ReliefWeb. en. 2019-09-17.
  4. Web site: Launch of the report and recommendations of the Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace - Plateforme pour le droit international de l'eau douce - UNIGE. 2017-08-31. www.unige.ch. en. 2019-09-17.
  5. Web site: Home . strategicforesight.com.
  6. Web site: 16 November 2015 - Professor Boisson de Chazournes is appointed as a member of the Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace - Plateforme pour le droit international de l'eau douce - UNIGE. unige.ch. 20 October 2015. en. 2017-07-17.

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