{"id":1499,"date":"2023-03-27T13:58:23","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T18:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unmissionny.orderofmalta.int\/?post_type=news&#038;p=1499"},"modified":"2023-03-27T13:58:23","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T18:58:23","slug":"counsellor-peter-mcguire-addressing-the-5th-plenary-meeting-of-the-un-water-conference-2023","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/unmissionny.orderofmalta.int\/en\/news\/counsellor-peter-mcguire-addressing-the-5th-plenary-meeting-of-the-un-water-conference-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Counsellor Peter McGuire addressing the 5th Plenary Meeting of the UN Water Conference 2023"},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-1499","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_categories-delegation-and-staff","news_categories-news","news_categories-statements","news_tags-breaking","news_tags-climate-change","news_tags-evidence","news_tags-focuson","news_tags-general-assembly","news_tags-un-water-conference","news_tags-united-nations"],"acf":{"hidden_news":"no","evidence":"yes","focus_on":"no","breaking":"yes","news_cover":{"id":1500,"url":"https:\/\/unmissionny.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-27-145745.png"},"news_video":"<iframe title=\"Counsellor Peter McGuire addressing the 5th Plenary Meeting of the UN Water Conference 2023\" width=\"693\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lZBq9jMI1iE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>","news_content":"<p>The UN Water Conference, co-hosted by the Permanent Mission of the Netherlands and the Permanent Mission of Tajikistan, took place from March 22<sup>nd<\/sup> to March 24<sup>th<\/sup> and is expected to adopt the Water Action Agenda as a main outcome. It resulted \u00a0in a summary of proceedings from the president of the General Assembly that will feed into the 2023 session of the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF).<\/p>\n<p>Peter McGuire, Senior Counsellor addressed the General Assembly during the 1<sup>st<\/sup> Plenary Meeting. He stated that \u2018<em>access to clean water remains a multidimensional crisis that requires more effort, dialogue and action<\/em>.\u2019 He continued saying that \u2018<em>In addressing target 6.2 of the SDGs, we purposefully approach our work using a gender-based lens [\u2026] as many girls and women in developing countries lack<\/em> <em>access to adequate sanitary products and facilities, which lead to severe health and educational concerns<\/em>.\u2019<\/p>\n","news_gallery":"no"},"news_categories":[{"id":20,"name":"Delegation and Staff","slug":"delegation-and-staff","description":"","link":"https:\/\/unmissionny.orderofmalta.int\/en\/news-categories\/delegation-and-staff\/"},{"id":21,"name":"News","slug":"news","description":"","link":"https:\/\/unmissionny.orderofmalta.int\/en\/news-categories\/news\/"},{"id":16,"name":"Statements","slug":"statements","description":"","link":"https:\/\/unmissionny.orderofmalta.int\/en\/news-categories\/statements\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unmissionny.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/1499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unmissionny.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unmissionny.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unmissionny.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/1499\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unmissionny.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}