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Bangladesh has called upon the international community to look at the 'water' issue through a broader prism to address the issues of trans-boundary water management, technology transfer, green economy and water governance, reports UNB.

"We shall have to move beyond the existing limits of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). This is critical for our collaboration in development and transfer of technology. For countries like Bangladesh, access to critical technology most often limits us in arranging crucial life-saving options for people at the bottom," said State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam.

He was speaking at the inaugural session of the High Level International Conference on the Implementation of the International Decade for Action 'Water for Life', 2005-2015 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on Tuesday.

As mandated by a UN resolution in 2003 initiated by Tajikistan, the period of 2005-2015 was declared as International Decade for Action 'Water for Life'.

With the overarching objective and aim of 'taking stock of what has been achieved so far and outline perspectives beyond 2015 including water related SDGs' the conference generated great interest among member states.

A large number of high-level delegations from over 100 countries and international organisations, including heads of state and government, ministers, ambassadors, senior officials, and representatives of international agencies and non-government organisations attended the conference.

The President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon inaugurated the conference.