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UN-HABITAT names new water and sanitation chief  
Nairobi, 6 Sept 06
UN-HABITAT this week announced the appointment of Mr. Bert Diphoorn as the new chief of its water and sanitation department.
Thimi’s Community demonstrates how to manage waste water locally  
Thimi, Nepal, 1 Sept 06
After the success of community forestry and community water supply systems, communities are now starting to manage the waste water they generate.
UN-HABITAT brings water education to schools in India  
India, 11 Aug 06
UN-HABITAT has launched a water education programme at schools in the Indian cities of Indore and Gwalior as part of a new drive to promote water conservation and hygiene under the agency’s Water for Asian Cities Programme.
UN-HABITAT teams up with India for better water and sanitation  
Ahmedabad, India, 14 Apr 06
A two-day roundtable meeting between UN-HABITAT and the Centre for Environment Education in India concluded in Ahmedabad last week with calls for greater cooperation between the two institutions in the area of sanitation.
UN-HABITAT launches its second global report on water and sanitation  
Mexico, 27 Mar 06
UN-HABITAT Executive Director Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka on Sunday launched the agency's second Global Report on Water and Sanitation with a warning that the projected increase of urban dwellers will have far reaching implications on water and sanitation provision and efforts must be stepped up to meet this challenge.
Major new funding for water and sanitation in African cities  
Mexico City, 23 Mar 06
UN-HABITAT and the African Development Bank (ADB) have signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding to improve urban water and sanitation in African cities in coming years with Bank funding worth 500 million US dollars.
UN-HABITAT and Southeast Asian partners discuss water education in schools  
Cha Am, 7 Dec 05
UN-HABITAT and its partners held a three-day conference to help senior officials in Southeast Asia gain a better understanding of the agency’s Water for Asian Cities Programme and the idea of bringing the concepts of water conservation, sanitation and hygiene into school classrooms across the region.
New movie explains urban water conservation to Nepalese television viewers  
Kathmandu, 22 Sept 05
A new movie explaining the importance of urban water conservation based on a love story has been aired to a nationwide television audience in Nepal as part of a campaign to help broaden public understanding of clean water and sanitation.
Joining forces for decent sanitation  
Nairobi, 5 May 05
With the potential for food crops being contaminated by human waste, the seminar was told how bamboo, a fast growing non-food crop with many uses thrived on human waste fertilizer.
Hearing the voices of women  
New York, 20 Apr 05
Women from around the world warned delegates at the 13th Session of the Commission for Sustainable Development on Tuesday that they had to have more empowerment, better protection against crime, better security of tenure and better access to water and sanitation if sustainable development was to be achieved.
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