Asia-Pacific UN Water Preparatory Meeting kicks off in Tajikistan

Tajik leader discusses water, climate, and global security issues with UN Deputy Secretaries-General

On May 25, the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, held meetings in Dushanbe with representatives of the UN and the Secretary-General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, who arrived in the country to participate in the Fourth High-Level International Conference on the International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development, 2018–2028”. This was reported by the press service of the head of state. Emomali Rahmon received a group of U…

Asia-Pacific UN Water Preparatory Meeting kicks off in Tajikistan

The gathering stems from UN General Assembly resolution 78/327, passed in September 2024, which mandated regional preparatory meetings ahead of the 2026 UN Water Conference. Following that directive, ESCAP member states officially accepted Tajikistan’s hosting offer in April 2025, News.Az reports, citing UN ESCAP. The primary objective of the Dushanbe meeting is to solidify the Asia-Pacific region’s contributions to the upcoming global summit. T…