Paul French, Shanghai-based director of the market research company AccessAsia, called the development "dead in the water."

通亚公司主营市场调查，其上海部主管保罗·弗伦奇认为“该项开发已被搁置。”

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And he said French business expertise in water, oil and infrastructure development is known worldwide, and France wants to be at the forefront of reconstructing Iraq.

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Opened by UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova, the Chairperson of UN Water Michel Jarraud, the Foreign Affairs Minister of Tajikistan Hamrokhon Zartifi and the French Minister Delegate for Development Pascal Canfin, the event will gather representatives from Inter-Governmental Organizations, NGOs, scientists and political decision makers from around the world.

UNESCO: OFFICE IN BRASILIA

In the framework of its ISARM project, UNESCO-IHP participated in close partnership with the French Water Academy, the International Office for Water and the French Geological Survey (BRGM) in the preparation of a methodological study, launched by the French Development Agency (AFD) in order to efficiently contribute to take up the challenges of the sustainable management of transboundary aquifers.

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