Wednesday, 22 March

Official session

Title	Time	Location	Categories
Plenary Opening	9:30 AM - 1:00 PM	General Assembly Hall, UNHQ, New York	Official session Plenary
Interactive Dialogue - Water for Health: Access to WASH, including the Human Rights to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation	10:00 AM - 1:00 PM	Conference Room 4, UNHQ, New York	Interactive dialogue Official session
Plenary	3:00 PM - 9:00 PM	General Assembly Hall, UNHQ, New York	Official session Plenary
Interactive Dialogue - Water for Sustainable Development: Valuing Water, Water-Energy-Food Nexus and Sustainable Economic and Urban Development	3:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Conference Room 4, UNHQ, New York	Interactive dialogue Official session

Special events

Title	Time	Location	Categories
Opening Ceremony	9:00 AM - 9:30 AM	General Assembly Hall, UNHQ, New York	Informal meeting Special event
Leadership Segment	2:30 PM - 2:55 PM	General Assembly Hall	Special event
Informal Special Event: Radical Collaboration for Water Resilience: Action with our greatest Allies in the Climate Crisis	3:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Conference Room 2, UNHQ in New York	Special event

Side events

Title	Time	Location	Categories
High-Level Launch: Business Leaders Open Call for Accelerating Action on Water	9:30 AM - 10:45 AM	Conference Room 6, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Rewriting the Rules for Partnering: New Models for Water Action	9:30 AM - 10:45 AM	Conference Room A, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Promoting Water Culture through Learning & Action	9:30 AM - 10:45 AM	Conference Room 7, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Empowering Communities through Access to Clean Water and Sanitation: Solutions for Health, Gender Equality, and Climate Resilience.	9:30 AM - 10:45 AM	Conference Room B, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Speeding-up transboundary water cooperation: the value of the Water Convention	9:30 AM - 10:45 AM	ECOSOC Chamber, UNHQ, New York	Side event
A Linchpin for Global Resilience: Water security, especially drinking water, sanitation and hygiene, for climate resilience, food security, economic growth, global health, and gender equality	9:30 AM - 10:45 AM	Conference Room 8, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Indigenous Knowledge and practices on water resource management are key drivers for “Water for Sustainable Development”	9:30 AM - 10:45 AM	Conference Room C, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Sparing water systems in armed conflicts	11:00 AM - 12:15 PM	Conference Room 6, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Good Practices on Integrated and Transboundary Water Cooperation: Stakeholder engagement in transboundary and international cooperation on rivers basins as key for achieving SDGs (2030 agenda)	11:00 AM - 12:15 PM	Conference Room 9, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Water, Peace, and Security in Africa	11:00 AM - 12:15 PM	ECOSOC Chamber, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Rivers at Heart: Water Pollution and Social Inclusion in Mexico	11:00 AM - 12:15 PM	Conference Room C, UNHQ, New York	Side event
WASH as a driver of improved health	11:00 AM - 12:15 PM	Conference Room 7, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Water and Nutrition. Harmonizing Actions between the Water and Nutrition Decade. What does it take?	11:00 AM - 12:15 PM	Conference Room A, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Partnerships and Cooperation for Water	11:00 AM - 12:15 PM	Conference Room 5, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Climate Smart Acceleration of SDG 6 in the Caribbean and the Pacific Regions	11:00 AM - 12:15 PM	Conference Room 8, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Cross-sectoral partnerships to accelerate progress towards inclusive sanitation	11:00 AM - 12:15 PM	Conference Room B, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Pathway Forward: Water-resilient, Sustainable and Inclusive in Asia and the Pacific	12:30 PM - 1:45 PM	Trusteeship Council Chamber, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Launch: Global Water Analysis Laboratory (GloWAL) Network	12:30 PM - 1:45 PM	Conference Room 8, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Local Governments and Municipal Authorities (LGMA) Constituency High Level Panel: Connecting the Critical Agendas of COP 27,COP 15, the Convention on Wetlands and the Wetland City Accreditation Scheme	12:30 PM - 1:45 PM	Conference Room B, UNHQ, New York	Side event
FLAGSHIP EVENT: Launch of the International High-Level Panel Report on Water Investments in Africa: Pathways for Mobilisation of $30 billion Annually by 2030	12:30 PM - 1:45 PM	Conference Room 5, UNHQ, New York	Side event
SafePani – Safe Drinking Water for Schools and Health Centers in Bangladesh	12:30 PM - 1:45 PM	Conference Room 9, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Sustainability in Good Governance of Groundwater Resources	12:30 PM - 1:45 PM	ECOSOC Chamber, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Implementing the 2023 Praia Call for Action through the Decade’s work streams	12:30 PM - 1:45 PM	Conference Room 6, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Multistakeholder Commitments to the Water Action Agenda - Integrated Water and Climate Solutions - From Science to Decisions to Actions	12:30 PM - 1:45 PM	Conference Room A, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Too much and too little - Accelerating IWRM for climate-resilient water management, climate action and ecosystem conservation	1:15 PM - 2:30 PM	Conference Room 2, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Turning the Tide: A Call to Collective Action	1:15 PM - 2:30 PM	Conference Room 4, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Water Extremes at the Feet of Displaced People: Averting, Minimising and Addressing Loss & Damage	2:00 PM - 3:15 PM	Conference Room C, UNHQ, New York	Side event
2025 International year of glaciers' preservation	2:00 PM - 3:15 PM	ECOSOC Chamber, UNHQ, New York	Side event
The Role of Indigenous People in Governing Shared Waters	2:00 PM - 3:15 PM	Conference Room A, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Fashion industry innovations leading transformative action for Sustainable Development Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation	2:00 PM - 3:15 PM	Conference Room 5, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Transboundary cooperation and science for the integrated sustainable management of Amazon waters	2:00 PM - 3:15 PM	Conference Room 8, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Accelerating Women’s Inclusion in Water	2:00 PM - 3:15 PM	Conference Room B, UNHQ, New York	Side event
From Art to Action: Transforming Desert to Forest for the Revival of the Aral Sea Region	2:00 PM - 3:15 PM	Conference Room 6, UNHQ, New York	Side event
New momentum to make safe water and sanitation a reality for all: How to scale up globally practical tools and know-how gained under the Protocol on Water and Health?	2:00 PM - 3:15 PM	Conference Room 9, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Water Management Innovation for Underserved Populations	3:30 PM - 4:45 PM	Conference Room 8, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Private Sector Investment Commitment to Water Innovation	3:30 PM - 4:45 PM	Conference Room B, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Adopting the Water-Energy-Food-Environment Nexus for a water-wise energy transition	3:30 PM - 4:45 PM	Conference Room 5, UNHQ, New York	Side event
The Drought-Fragility-Finance-nexus: Managing drought risk and overcome conditions of fragility	3:30 PM - 4:45 PM	Conference Room 9, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Impact of Water Crisis and Climate Changes in Africa Cities	3:30 PM - 4:45 PM	Conference Room C, UNHQ, New York	Side event
NDC Enhancement through a Water Nexus Approach	3:30 PM - 4:45 PM	Conference Room 6, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Elevating Critical Voices in Water Diplomacy	3:30 PM - 4:45 PM	Conference Room A, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Safe Water Future in Iraq to Achieve the SDGs	5:00 PM - 6:15 PM	Conference Room 5, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Catalyzing the water agenda for finance	5:00 PM - 6:15 PM	Conference Room 9, UNHQ, New York	Side event
A New Era in Water Intelligence Driving Collective Action Everywhere	5:00 PM - 6:15 PM	Conference Room A, UNHQ, New York	Side event
From UNEA to General Assembly: Taking action for Sustainable Lake Management - as a catalyst to accelerate global commitment in the Water Action Agenda	5:00 PM - 6:15 PM	Conference Room 8, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Systems Approach to achieving Water Security in a Changing Climate	5:00 PM - 6:15 PM	Conference Room B, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Safe Water Future in Iraq to Achieve the SDGs	5:00 PM - 6:15 PM	Conference Room 5, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Catalyzing the water agenda for finance	5:00 PM - 6:15 PM	Conference Room 9, UNHQ, New York	Side event
National Water Roadmaps towards the 2030 Agenda	6:30 PM - 7:45 PM	Conference Room 8, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Water Action Agenda for resilience	6:30 PM - 7:45 PM	ECOSOC Chamber, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Water Resources-Sustainable Economic Development	6:30 PM - 7:45 PM	Conference Room C, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Indigenous-led conservation for the health of water ecosystems in Canada and the world	6:30 PM - 7:45 PM	Conference Room 6, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Turning the Tide on water in the UN; Working together for Water - the source of life	6:30 PM - 7:45 PM	Conference Room 4, UNHQ, NYC	Side event
Water solutions for climate adaptation: lessons to scale up impactful delivery	6:30 PM - 7:45 PM	Conference Room 9, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Systems strengthening and leadership for sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene services for all	6:30 PM - 7:45 PM	Trusteeship Council Chamber, UNHQ, New York	Side event
International and transboundary cooperation of integrated water management: from data collection to implementation	6:30 PM - 7:45 PM	Conference Room 7, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Integrated Water Resources Management at basin level: benefits of this nexus approach to accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals	6:30 PM - 7:45 PM	Conference Room 2, UNHQ, New York	Side event
Innovation and Entrepreneurship : Developing Entrepreneurial Capabilities for the Water Sector	6:30 PM - 7:45 PM	Conference Room A, UNHQ, New York	Side event
The water-climate nexus: Governance as a key driver for climate resilient water and sanitation services	6:30 PM - 7:45 PM	Conference Room 5, UNHQ, New York	Side event