Mainstreaming Urban Resilence in MENA Region. The World Bank Approach by Dr Samah Wahba, Global Director Urban, Disaster Risk Management, Resilence and Land Global Practice, The World Bank. Dr Samah Wahba delivered this speact at the special session on Urban Water Security, Arab Sustainable Developemnt Week Cairo, February 14, 2022

In the 1st Round of negotiations, the Parties voluntarily came to the negotiating table. With a neutral facilitator, they put forward their positions on their water needs from the transboundary system - an inter-connected river-aquifer. They stated their preference for the way ahead - one Party proposed an MoU, the other Party preferred a more formal treaty form of agreement. Both Parties stated t…