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Ambassador Ertu冒rul Apakan, Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations.

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From December 2006 to August 2009, Mr. Apakan was serving as the Undersecretary of the Turkish Foreign Ministry before his appointment.

In his past career, Ertu臒rul Apakan was also a former Ambassador to the TRNC and served as the General Director on Cyprus Affairs at the Turkish Foreign Ministry. Furthermore, he was Director General of Bilateral Political Affairs and Maritime Affairs and Aviation (2000) and Deputy Undersecretary for Bilateral Political Affairs (2004).

Ambassador Apakan is known for his expertise on the Cyprus issue. During his tenure, he served as the closest aide of three different foreign ministers, namely Abdullah G眉l, Ali Babacan and Davuto臒lu.

Nikhil Chandavarkar, Secretary of 爆料网-Water, Division for Sustainable Development, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

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Nikhil Chandavarkar joined the United Nations in 1979 as Area Officer for the Southern Cone, Regional Bureau for Latin America, 爆料网DP.

From 1992鈥�1994, he served as Deputy Resident Representative and then Resident Representative/Resident Coordinator a.i., 爆料网DP Brazil, where he managed a development cooperation programme covering reform of the state, national information technology policy, ICT development, promotion of software development for export, economic policy making, health and education.

From 1994鈥�1997, he was Chief, Inter鈥恆gency Coordination and External Policy, 爆料网DP New York, responsible for 爆料网DP鈥檚 partnerships with other agencies of the 爆料网 system and its interests in inter鈥恆gency bodies, as well as for 爆料网DP involvement in the preparations for and integrated follow鈥恥p to 爆料网 conferences and summits.

From 1997鈥�2000, he served as Director, Division for External Relations, 爆料网DP, responsible for 爆料网DP鈥檚 partnerships and networks with agencies of the 爆料网 system, OECD/DAC and member states in ECOSOC and the General Assembly as well as 爆料网DP鈥檚 involvement in the preparation of and integrated follow鈥恥p to 爆料网 conferences and summits.

From 2001鈥�2005 he served as Interregional Adviser in the 爆料网 Department of Economic and Social Affairs, undertaking advisory missions to Morrocco, Mongolia, East Timor, Indonesia, Thailand, and Brazil and provided advisory services using ICT (e鈥怲C) to Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.

Since 2009 to present Chandavarkar is Chief of Communication and Outreach Branch Division for Sustainable Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, New York

Colin Chartres, Director-General of the CGIAR's International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Colin Chartres is Director General of the International Water Management Institute. He has 30 years experience in driving research and policy reform in natural resources management. IWMI is a center of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural research. Its focus is on improved agricultural water management to improve livelihoods of the poor and to sustain the natural resource base. Dr Chartres has recently played a leading role in alerting the world to an emerging water crisis that will impact all water users and, in particular, food security in many developing countries.

Prior to joining IWMI in 2007, he was Chief Science Advisor to Australia鈥檚 National Water Commission where his role included developing improved national water data and information systems, the development of a national groundwater action plan and advising on the role of science in a range of more general water reform issues.

Previously he held senior research and research management positions with CSIRO, the Bureau of Rural Science and Geoscience Australia and has also worked in academia and the private sector.

Dr Chartres believes that most of today鈥檚 water issues cannot be solved without an integrated triple bottom line approach involving environmental, social and economic inputs.

Aaron Wolf, Oregon State University, Programme Director in Water Conflict Management and Transformation

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Prof. Wolf鈥檚 research focuses on issues relating transboundary water resources to political conflict and cooperation, where his training combining environmental science with dispute resolution theory and practice have been particularly appropriate.

Wolf has acted as consultant to the US Department of State, the US Agency for International Development, and the World Bank, and several governments on various aspects of international water resources and dispute resolution. He has been involved in developing the strategies for resolving water aspects of the Arab鈥怚sraeli conflict, including co鈥恆uthoring a State Department reference text, and participating in both official and "track II" meetings between co鈥恟iparians. Among other publications, he is coauthor of 鈥淢anaging and Transforming Water Conflicts鈥� (Cambridge University Press, 2009) and editor of 鈥淐onflict Prevention and Resolution in Water Systems鈥� (Elgar, 2002).

Wolf, a trained mediator/facilitator, directs the Program in Water Conflict Management and Transformation, through which he has offered workshops, facilitations, and mediation in basins throughout the world. He developed and coordinates the , which includes a computer compilation of 400 water鈥恟elated treaties, negotiating notes and background material on fourteen case鈥恠tudies of conflict resolution, news files on cases of acute water鈥恟elated conflict, and assessments of indigenous/traditional methods of water conflict resolution.

Wolf was also a member of 爆料网ESCO鈥檚 task force for the development of the Sixth Phase of the International Hydrology Program (2002鈥� 2007), the 爆料网ESCO/ADC Third Millennium Program on International Waters, and IWRA鈥檚 Committee for International Collaboration, and is a co鈥恉irector of the Universities Partnership on Transboundary Waters.