The Fifth UN Special Thematic Session on Water and Disasters "Building Back Better towards More Resilient and Sustainable Post-COVID-19 World"
Moderator
H.E. Ms. Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, Minister of Infrastructure
and Water Management, the Netherlands
Panelists
H.E. Dr. Basuki Hadimuljono, Minister for Public Works and
Housing, Indonesia
Mr. Bambang Susantono, Vice President for Knowledge
Management and Sustainable Development, Asian Development Bank
H.E. Mr. Kazuyoshi Akaba, Minister of Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism, Japan
Major General William (Butch) H. Graham, Deputy Commanding
General for Civil and Emergency Operations, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Mr. Gilbert F. Houngbo, Chair of UN-Water / President of the
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Prof. Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General, World Meteorological
Organization (WMO)
Prof. Howard Bamsey, Chair, Global Water Partnership (GWP)
Mr. Loic Fauchon, President, World Water Council (WWC)
Mr. Ilkka Salmi, Director of Disaster Preparedness and
Prevention Directorate, European Commission
Mr. Masamichi Kono, Deputy Secretary-General, The
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)