South Sudan take part in Jakarta’s Sector-Ministers’ Conference

The National Minister for Water Resources and Irrigation, Manawa Peter Gatkuoth, is representing South Sudan at the Sector-Minister’s Conference convened and hosted by the government of Indonesia.

The conference that is taking place at Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, seeks to address challenges of water, health and economy, for the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (6) by 2030.

“The programme aims to address what they calls three-triple crisis such as challenges on Water, Health and economy which the forum perceived to have been disturbing their efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goal,” the statement from the ministerial press read.

The six “outcome-oriented targets” include: Safe and affordable drinking water; end open defecation. It also provides for access to sanitation and hygiene, improve water quality, waste water treatment and safe reuse, increase water-use efficiency and ensure freshwater supplies, implement IWRM, protect and restore water-related ecosystems.

The aforementioned, according to the ministry, would be achieved by expanding water and sanitation to developing countries.

“Gatkuoth in a ministerial dialogue on the role of Political Leadership has highlighted key strategies and practical efforts the country has undertaken towards achieving Sustainable Water,” the statement continued.

“He also reminded the forum about Water Master Plan taken by his Ministry and other line Ministries to address the challenges facing citizens in those areas.”

The minister l was accompanied by Gattiek Gatkuoth Wichar, the Press Secretary.