Water, Sanitation and Human Settlements

This special session will bring together governments at national, state and local levels as important partners responsible for financing as well as governance and regulatory policies to meet the challenge of providing water and sanitation for human settlements. The event will also provide a platform for unheard voices of women from slums, expressing their needs and priorities on Water and Sanitation. In addition, the private sector, like development banks and NGOs, have a major role to contribute in building a new consensus for addressing the issue of water and sanitation for sustainable human settlements.

Facilitator:

• Margaret Catley-Carlson, Chair, Global Water Partnership, Canada

Welcome Address:

• Anna Tibaijuka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General, Executive Director of UN-Habitat

Commentators to include:

• Maria Mutagamba, Minister of Water and Environment, Government of Uganda
• André Juneau, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, Government of Canada
• Arcot Ramachandran, Chairman, The Energy Resources Institute (TERI), India
• Ana Teresa Aranda Orozco, Minister of Social Development, Government of Mexico