Challenges of Freshwater: A Dialogue on Launch of International Year of Freshwater

Louise Fréchette (third from left), Deputy Secretary-General, addresses the Freshwater Panel Discussion: "The Challenges of Freshwater: A Dialogue" on the Occasion of the Launch of the International Year of Freshwater.

With her, from left to right are: Milos Alcalay, Deputy Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the UN and the Group of 77 (and China); Nitin Desai, Under- Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, the Deputy Secretary-General; Moderator Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information; Talbak Nazarov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan; June Clarke, Permanent Representative of Barbados to the UN and Vice-President of the General Assembly; and Gourisankar Ghosh, Executive Director, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council.