At a meeting held alongside the 60th session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS), held at the United Nations headquarters in Vienna from 7 to16 June 2017, PSIPW and UN officials agreed to an expansion of the scope of the Memorandum of Understanding they ratified last year.
The 7th Awards Ceremony for the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW) took place on 2 November 2016 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The recipients of the five prizes were presented their awards by PSIPW Council chairman HRH Prince Khaled Bin Sultan and UN General Secretary H.E. Mr Ban Ki-moon.
The Awards ceremony for the 7th Award will be held at the United Nations headquarters in New York, NY on 2 November 2016. It is being hosted by the U.N. Friends of Water and presided over by the U.N. General Secretary H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, and by PSIPW Chairman H.R.H. Prince Khaled Bin Sultan Bin Abdulaziz.
The Prince Sultan Bin Abdualziz International Prize for Water was elected to the Arab Water Council's Board of Trustees for the 2016-2018 term, at the AWC’s 4th General Assembly meeting which was held in Cairo, Egypt from 29-30 February 2016
The Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW) is an observing member of the United Nations Committee for the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), where it consults on matters relating to the use of space technology in water resources management.
