Tharman to visit U.S., US, Switzerland for meeting from Feb 5

SINGAPORE: Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam will be in the United States and Switzerland for a meeting from Feb 5 to Feb 10.

On Saturday, the Prime Minister's Office said that Mr Tharman would be in New York, Washington DC and Geneva for meetings in his capacity as co-chair of the Global Commission on the Economics of Water.

He will be accompanied by officials from the Prime Minister's Office and the Public Utilities Board.

In New York, Mr Tharman will be speaking at the UN General Assembly on collective approaches to address a growing global crisis of water, and its links to climate change and food and health security.

He will meet with top officials at the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington DC.

In Geneva, Mr Tharman will be speaking and speaking at the Roundtable on Financing Water organized by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD, and will meet with the leadership of the World Health Organisation, World Trade Organisation and World Economic Forum.