Signing Ceremony
Signing Ceremony between USACE and UNESCO on the Designation of USACE IWR as a UNESCO Global Water Centre for Integrated Water Resources Management
On 29 October 2009 UNESCO and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) signed an agreement establishing the International Centre for Integrated Water Resources Management (ICIWaRM) as a UNESCO Category II Water Centre.
Location
UNESCO New York Office
United Nations
New York City, New York
Date/Time
29 October 2009, 11:00 EDT
Attendees Included
From USACE
- Major General Don T. Riley, Deputy Commanding General, USACE
- Mr. Robert A. Pietrowsky, Director, USACE IWR
- Dr. Eugene Stakhiv, Technical Director, UNESCO ICIWaRM
- Major Mathew McCulley, XO, DCG
From UNESCO
- Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General, UNESCO
- Hans d'Orville, Assistant Director-General, Bureau of Strategic Planning, UNESCO, Paris
- Hélène Marie Gosselin, Past Director, UNESCO Liaison Office, United Nations, New York
- Christine Alfsen-Norodom, Director a.i., UNESCO Liaison Office, United Nations, New York
Agenda
- Introductions
- Opening Remarks by Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General, UNESCO
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- Remarks by Major General Don T. Riley, Deputy Commanding General, USACE
- Remarks by Robert A. Pietrowsky, Director, USACE IWR
- Signing of Memorandum of Agreement/Photos
- Final Statements
- Conclusion
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