Africa-Press – Namibia. PRIME minister Sara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila says 87% of Namibians in the rural areas have access to clean drinking water.
She was speaking at the ongoing United Nations (UN) 2023 Water Conference in New York on Wednesday.
“In our quest to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 6 and our national development objectives, Namibia has prioritised and enshrined the water and sanitation sectors into key strategic areas of policy planning,” she said.
She said access to water for all requires bigger investment and coordination among sectors, and different development partners.
“There is a strong need for the global water community to engage and share technological expertise to accelerate efforts towards meeting water-related SDGs, beyond the UN 2023 Water Conference,” Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said.
To ensure that water stays permanently high on the political agenda, we reiterate the call for the appointment of a UN Special Envoy on Water, she said.
Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said there is a need to adapt the UN Water Structure to become a member state driven structure, making it more responsive to present-day realities and better suited for posterity.
“For this reason, my delegation strongly believes the appointment of a UN Special Envoy on Water would go a long way towards improving coordination among various agencies and bodies currently dealing with the issue of water and help turn it from an internal body to a membership based body,” she said.
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