Speeches and Quotes

Transcripts of key speeches during the Week, available in PDF format. Quotes from experts and other participans will be updated daily. For the quotes of the day, please navigate on the left.

Selected Speeches from 2009 World Water Week

• Acceptance Speech of Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak at Royal Banquet
  Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, Sulabh International Social Service Organisation, India & Stockholm Water Prize Laureate
• Vision about Baltic Cooperation
  Dr. Kazimierz Plocke, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Poland 
• Announcement of the 2009 Swedish Baltic Sea Water Award during the Swedish Baltic Sea Water Award Seminar - A New Model of Leadership to Promote Growth and the Environment, August 20, 2009
  Hon. Gunilla Carlsson, Minister for International Development Cooperation, Sweden
• The 2009 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate Lecture
  Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, Sulabh International Social Service Organisation, India & Stockholm Water Prize Laureate
• Sharing Benefits and Building Bridges over Water in Southern Africa - the SADC Approach and the South African Experience
  Hon. Rejoice T Mabudafhasi, Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs of the Republic of South Afica 
• Opening address of the 2009 World Water Week
  Hon. Gunilla Carlsson, Minister for International Development Cooperation, Sweden
• Welcome to the 2009 World Water Week
  Mr. Anders Berntell, Executive Director, SIWI