Heads of State and Government Meeting (April, 23)StarttimeCountry

participation

Job TitleSpeaker

0:27:33

in person

Cambodia

Prime Minister

Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN Sen

0:36:10in person

TuvaluPrime Minister

Honourable Kausea NATANO

0:48:12in person

Lao People’s Democratic
Republic

Prime Minister

H.E. Dr. Phankham VIPHAVANH

0:56:23in person

Uzbekistan

Deputy Prime-Minister,
Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade

H.E. Mr. Sardor UMURZAKOV

1:07:30

onlineBhutanPrime Minister

H.E. Lyonchhen Dr. Lotay Tshering

1:16:48

onlineViet NamPrime Minister

H.E. Mr. Pham Minh Chinh

1:24:52

video

Tajikistan

President

H.E. Mr. Emomali RAHMON

1:30:29

video

Indonesia

President

H.E. Ir. H. Joko Widodo

1:37:18

video

Philippines

President

H.E. Mr. Rodrigo Roa Duterte

1:42:54

video

Nauru

President

H.E. Hon. Lionel Rouwen Aingimea, M.P

1:48:33

video

Sri Lanka

President

H.E. Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa

1:52:52

video

Kyrgyzstan

President

H. E. Mr. Sadyr ZHAPAROV

1:57:45video

Turkmenistan

President

H.E. Mr. Serdar BERDIMUHAMEDOV

2:06:05

videoBangladesh

Prime Minister

H.E. Sheikh Hasina

2:11:25

video

Thailand

Prime Minister

H.E. General Prayut Chan-o-cha

2:16:53

video

Niue

Premier of Niue

Hon. Dalton Emani Makamau TAGELAGI

2:29:45

video

Marshall Islands

Acting President

H.E. Jiba B. Kabua

High Level Statement (April, 23)
Start
time

Country/Organization

Participation

Job Title

Speaker

0:00:23in person

Brunei Darussalam

Minister of Development

YANG BERHORMAT DATO SERI SETIA IR. AWANG HAJISUHAIMI BIN HAJI GAFAR

0:08:45in person

India

Hon'ble Minister for Jal Shakti

H.E. Mr.Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

0:16:00

in person

Indonesia

Minister of Public Works and Housing

H.E. Dr. Ir. M. Basoeki Hadimoeljono, M.Sc

0:22:44in person

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Deputy Minister of Natural Resources andEnvironment

H.E. Mr. Phouvong LUANGXAYSANA

0:27:57

in person

Niue

Minister for Infrastructure and Finance

Hon. Crossley Tatui

0:34:08

onlineKyrgyzstan

Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Kyrgyz
Republic

Mr. Nurlan Sheripov Kurmanbekovich

0:44:22

onlineSingapore

Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Sustainability
and the Environment

Dr. Amy Khor

0:51:14

onlineInternational Water Management
Institute (IWMI)

Director General

Dr. Mark Smith

0:55:10

onlineOrganisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Deputy Secretary-General

Mr. Jeffrey Lloyd Schlagenhauf

0:58:41

onlineUnited Nations Office for Disaster Risk
Reduction (UNDRR)

Chief of BranchIntergovernmental processes, Interagency
cooperation and Partnerships

Ms. Paola Albrito

1:03:55

onlineUnited Nations Industrial Development
Deputy to the Director General
Organization (UNIDO)

1:10:03

video

Azerbaijan

Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources ofAzerbaijan

His Exccellency Mr. Muktar Babayev

1:13:31

video

Mongolia

Minister of Environment and Tourism

Mr. Bat-Erdene Bat- Ulzii

1:18:04

video

Nepal

Hon. Minister for Energy, Water Resources andIrrigation

Ms. Pampha Bhusal

Mr. Hiroshi Kuniyoshi

High Level Statement (April, 24)Starttime

Country/Organization

Participation

Job Title

Speaker

0:00:42in person

Phillipines

Vice Chairperson of the Climate Change
Commission

Hon. Robert E. A. BORJE

0:09:02in person

Australia

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

H.E. Ms. Jan Elizabeth ADAMS

0:13:23in person

Micronesia (Federated States of)Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

H.E. Mr. John FRITZ

0:19:47in person

SamoaAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

H.E. Mrs. Faalavaau Perina Jacqueline Sila-Tualaulelei

0:25:05

in person

TongaAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

H.E. Dr. Tevita Suka Mangisi

0:29:33

in person

United Nations Centre for Regional
Development (UNCRD)

Director

Mr. Kazushige Endo

0:34:28

in person

United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP)

Direcor, Representation office in Tokyo

Mr. Tetsuo Kondo

0:40:33

in person

United Nations Human Settlements
Programme (UN-Habitat)

Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Mr. Atushi Koresawa

0:45:46in person

United Nations University Institute for
the Advanced Study of Sustainability(UNU-IAS)

Head of Programme and Administration

Dr. Akio Takemoto

0:51:55

onlineArmenia

Deputy Minister of Environment

Ms. Gayane Gabrielyan

1:02:56

onlineChina

Vice president of GIWP/President of IWRA
General Institute of Water Resources andHydropower Planning and Design (GIWP), Ministry Mr Yuanyuan Liof Water Resources, P. R. China
International Water Resources Association (IWRA)

1:18:32

onlinePalau

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and theEnvironment

Mr. Steven Victor

1:23:30

onlineFiji

Minister for Infrastructure and MeterologicalServices, Lands and Mineral Resources

Hon. Mr. Jone Usamate

1:29:27

onlineInternational Centre for Integrated
Mountain Development (ICIMOD)

Director General

Dr. Pema Gyamtsho

1:34:48

onlineWorld Bank Group

Global Director, Water Global Practice

Ms. Jennifer Sara

1:41:27

video

Republic of Korea

Minister of Environment

Ms. Jeoung-ae Han

1:43:38

video

Solomon Islands

Minister for Mines, Energy & Rural Electrification

Hon. Mr. Bradley Smoky Tovosia

1:53:56

video

IsraelSpecial Envoy for International Water Affairs, Israel
Mr. Yoram MORAD
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1:57:24

video

Asian Development Bank (ADB)Managing Director General and Acting Vice
President for Knowledge Management

2:01:00

video

Convention on Biological Diversity(CBD) Executive Secretary

Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema

2:05:50

video

Food and Agriculture Organization ofthe United Nations (FAO)

Director-General

Mr. Qu Dongyu

2:10:34

video

International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD)

Associate Vice-President - Strategy and Knowledge
Ms. Jyotsna Puri
Department (SKD)

2:13:54

video

Japan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA)

President

Dr. Akihiko Tanaka

2:18:45

video

Office of the High Commissioner for
Human Rights (OHCHR)

United Nations High Commissioner for HumanRights

Ms. Michelle Bachelet

2:22:49

video

United Nations Economic andUnder-Secretary-General of the United Nations andMs. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana
Social Commission for Asia and the
Executive Secretary
Pacific (ESCAP)

2:26:40

video

United Nations Educational, Scientificand Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Director General

Ms. Audrey Azoulay

2:31:53

video

United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP)

Executive Director

Ms. Inger Andersen

Mr. Woochong Um

High Level Statement (April, 24)
Start
time

Participation

Country/Organization

Job Title

Speaker

2:36:00

video

UN-Water

Chair of UN-Water and President of IFAD,
International Fund for Agricultural Development

Mr. Gilbert F. Houngbo

2:38:40

video

United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Executive Secretary

Ms. Patricia Espinosa

2:45:01

video

The Office of the United Nations HighCommissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Assistant High Commissioner for Operations

Mr. Raouf Mazou

2:49:18

video

United Nations Children’s Fund(UNICEF)

Associate Director of Water, Sanitation andHygiene (WASH)

Ms. Kelly Ann Naylor

2:52:13

video

World Health Organization (WHO)Director-General

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

2:54:23

video

World Water Council (WWC)

President

Mr. Loïc Fauchon