UNESCO, and specifically the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO-IOC) and the International Hydrological Programme (UNESCO-IHP) bring their expertise and their scientific content to bear around issues related to water.

UNESCO: Race for Water victim of ocean pollution

Notable participants include Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, and Wendy Watson Wright, Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO-IOC).

UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences

It was funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implemented through the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO and UNDP.

UNESCO: OFFICE IN DAKAR