16Jul2003 Prince Talal participates in UNESCO conference on water

Riyadh, 16th July 2003

Prince Talal bin Abdul Aziz, President of the Arabian Gulf programme for supporting United Nations development organizations (AGFUND), is participating in a UNESCO conference on water, which commenced in the Netherlands yesterday.

The four-day conference is being held under the title: “UNESCO Family For Water: Joint Future In the Sphere of Water Culture”.

Prince Talal, who is the UNESCO Special Envoy for water, will deliver a speech tomorrow, during which he will present a new vision to confront the challenges posed by water crises in the Arab region, a topic that represents one of the most dangerous obstacles to development in the world today and in the future.

Source: SPA

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