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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has won the King Hassan II of Morocco Great World Water Prize.
The award was presented to QU Dongyu, the Director-General of the organization during the 10th World Water Forum, held in Bali, on Monday.
Based on the theme “Securing water resources for food sovereignty and shared prosperity,” the award recognizes outstanding efforts in the protection, preservation, and sustainable management of water resources.
The FAO Director-General said, “On behalf of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), I am delighted to accept the prestigious King Hassan II of Morocco Great World Water Prize. I thank the Jury Committee of this Prize for your recognition of FAO’s contributions to the global efforts towards water security.
It is indeed an honour to be awarded this prestigious Prize which recognizes and rewards actions that promote the protection and preservation of water resources, improvement in their management, and reuse of wastewater, as well as raising awareness among the population about water issues."
The prize is awarded every three years during a special ceremony held during the World Water Forum.
Water is now fully integrated into the FAO Strategic Framework 2022-31, is at the core of the FAO thematic strategies on Climate Change, Science and Innovation, and their related action plans, and is well mainstreamed across all of FAO's work.
