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The closing ceremony of the International Year
of Water Cooperation took place in Mexico on
5 and 6 December 2013.
It was organized by UNESCO on behalf of UN-
Water, with support from the Government of
Mexico through the National Water Commis-
sion (CONAGUA).
During the first day devoted to lessons lear-
ned from the International Year,
Mr. Jean-
François Donzier, Secretary of the Inter-
national Network of Basin Organiza-
tions, made an introductory speech on
River Basin Management worldwide,
in
the high-level session on "cooperation, a key
to peaceful water sharing".
The second day, entitled "Beyond the Interna-
tional Year: recommendations for action" was
an opportunity to specify the action to take for
the future.
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Closing ceremony of the International
Year of Water Cooperation
Written on the occasion of the International
Year of Water Cooperation coordinated by
UNESCO, this publication was officially
presented at the Water Summit in Budapest
on 9 October 2013.
"Water Cooperation is about fighting against
poverty and hunger, as well as protecting the
environment", said the Director General of
UNESCO, Irina Bokova. "It is about peace on
the basis of dialogue between States and
Regions".
This publication, through the presentation of
field experiments, demonstrates that collec-
tive commitment is required to foster a culture
of cooperation in the long term between all
water practitioners.
A chapter devoted to the participation of wa-
ter users in the Senegal, Niger and Congo Ri-
ver Basins, was prepared by
the Secretariat
of the International Network of Basin Or-
ganizations (INBO).
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