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Water is an engine of opportunity
This week at a media briefing, HE Abdulla Balalaa, UAE Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Energy and Sustainability, outlined the UAE’s vision for the 2026 UN Water Conferen…
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Where you’ll see us next
Our next stop in the journey to the 2026 UN Water Conference is in New York, where we’re going to be attending the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and Climate Week on 2…
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World Water Week
The road to the 2026 UN Water Conference has a number of important stops along the way, including Stockholm, Sweden, for World Water Week, hosted by the Stockholm International Wat…
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An interview with the co-hosts of the 2026 UN Water Conference
On the 25th of August, through a media collaboration with SIWI, The Water Diplomat held interviews with H.E. Balalaa, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Energy and Sustainability Questions and Dr. Mohamed Diatta, Sherpa for the Republic of Senegal for the 2026 UN Water Conference. Here are their respective responses.
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The UN Water Conference has already begun: reflections on the UAE’s high-level panel at World Water Week
A reflection on SIWI’s website on the UAE’s high-level panel at World Water Week in Stockholm, and why the work of the 2026 UN Water Conference starts long before December.
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A 3,000-year-old lesson
Looking at our dry and salty landscape, our ancestors saw optimism and resilience. Around 3,000 years ago, the falaj was first created to carry water through networks of tunnels an…
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On the road to Abu Dhabi
HE Abdulla Balalaa represented the UAE at the Africa Water & Sanitation Systems Leadership Symposium 2026 in Kigali, Rwanda, where he participated in the opening plenary.
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Register for The Oasis at the 2026 UN Water Conference
8-10 December, ADNEC Centre in Abu Dhabi
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Water is life. So why is it still overlooked?
Water is our most precious resource. It is the foundation for human dignity, collective stability, and prosperity. It is the invisible thread connecting everyone and everything, fr…
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