REVITALIZING SOCIAL PROTECTION POLICIES FOR CREATING MORE ACCESSIBILITY TO DRINKING WATER

Organized by
Lead Organization: Bangladesh Social Scientists Foundation (BSSF) and BRAC
AOSED, BWOT, JagoNari, GRAUS and SDA
Venue: Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic Bangladesh to the United Nations
Date and time: March23/24, 2023; 10am to 11.30am(Subject to Honorable Minister’s Kind Consent)

March23, 2023
Side event W61 title- REVITALIZING SOCIAL PROTECTION POLICIES FOR CREATING MORE ACCESSIBILITY TO DRINKING WATER
10:00 – 10:10	Registration
10:10– 10:15	S ession Moderator -
10:15-10:20	Welcome Remarks by-  CHIEF GUEST-H.E DR. A. K. ABDUL MOMEN, M.P., Hon’ble Foreign Minister, Government of People’s Republic of Bangladesh
10:20-10:35 10:35-10:50 10:50-11:05	Paper presentations- (confirmed)    1. Status of drinking Water among the Marginalized People in Bangladesh by MD A Halim Miah, Director-Research and        Development, BSSF    2. Plastic Pollution is threat for Water and Ocean Biodiversity: Bay of Bengal perspective, by Dr. Emadul Islam, Fulbright        Post-doctoral Scholar, Northeastern University, Boston, USA and Research Fellow, Ocean Policy Research Institute, The        Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Japan    3. Children Voice on Climate Change and accessibility to drinking water, by FatihaAayat, Child Rights Activist and Climate        Campaigner
11:05-11:15 11:15-11.30	Discussion   Speech of the Guest of Honor: Md Akramul Islam, PhD, Senior Director, BRAC   Speech of the Special Guest: H.E. Muhammad Abdul Muhith-Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to   the United Nations (Invited)   Speech of the Chief Guest and Launching Multi Year and Multi-lair Campaign on “Addressing Water Poverty” And   “Sustainable Industries”