Damascus-SANA
The Syrian and Iraqi national committees of the International Hydrological Program of UNESCO discussed today the strategic plan for the ninth phase of the program on research and management of water issues, during a virtual meeting held today.
The two sides discussed the implementation of priority topics in the program plan, which focus on scientific research, innovation and water awareness to serve sustainability, fill data and knowledge gaps, and integrated water resources management in light of climate changes and mechanisms of adaptation and mitigation of its effects.
The meeting comes within the framework of developing water cooperation between the two countries and in implementation of what was agreed upon during the visit of the Iraqi Minister of Water Resources Mahdi Rashid Al-Hamdani to Syria at the beginning of this February.
On the Syrian side, the head of the Syrian National Committee for the Hydrological Program, Eng. Osama Akhras, the Deputy Minister, Eng. Jihad Kanaan, the Secretary-General of the National Commission for UNESCO, Dr. Nidal Hassan, the Director General of Remote Sensing, Dr. Abdul Majeed Al-Kafri, and representatives from the ministries of local administration, environment, agriculture, agricultural reform and the Directorate of Meteorology participated in the meeting. The Iraqi side, Director General of the Water Resources Authority, Engineer Hatem Hamid Hassan.
The International Hydrological Program is the only United Nations intergovernmental program concerned with research and management of water issues.
Tariq Al-Sayed
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