E-Newsletter: Vol. 4

The second steering meeting of the INWEPF will be held on November 3, 2005 and the symposium associated with the INWEPF will be held on November 2 and 3 in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

The details on the meeting will be informed in due course.

The 13th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD13) was held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, from 11 to 22 April 2005.
Nearly 100 ministers participated in the high-level segment in the CSD 13 from 19 to 22 April 2005.

The themes of the CSD are changed every two years. From 2004 to 2005, "Water", "Sanitation", "Human settlements" are main themes of the CSD 13.
The result of discussions and negotiations of the CSD was formulated as "Decision Adopted by the Commission".

On 19 April 2005, "PWA (Portfolio of Water Actions) challenge for effective monitoring from various perspectives for achieving MDGS " was organized as a side event in the CSD 13 by the Japanese government in cooperation, the Mexican government, and the WWF4 secretariat. We introduced the INWEPF as one of PWAs into the side event.

For further information on the CSD13 session, please visit: http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/csd/csd_csd13.shtml

You can obtain all documents on the CSD13.

The registration procedures for the WWF4 have been started.
The Japan secretariat prepares for the INWEPF session in the WWF4.

The more information on the WWF4 will be informed later by the E-Newsletter.

Further information about WWF4 is available at: http://www.worldwaterforum4.org.mx/home/home.asp