Other side events organized by UNESCO cover the areas of waterresources, young women in science for sustainabledevelopment, and engineering for sustainabledevelopment.
Emomali Rahmon, President of Tajikistan congratulated UNESCO for its commitment and expressed his conviction that managing waterresources peacefully is vital for sustainabledevelopment.
The purpose of the Award is to promote efforts to fulfil international commitments made on waterand water-related issues by 2015 through recognition of outstanding best practices that can ensure the long-term sustainable management of waterresourcesand contribute to the achievement of internationally agreed goals and targets contained in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Agenda 21 and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation.