UN-ESCWA, in partnership with the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources of Germany (BGR) and in collaboration with the Ministry of Water Resources in Iraq, is organizing an Advanced-Level Seminar on “Negotiations and Dispute Resolution Over International Shared Water Resources in Iraq.” The meeting will take place on 29-31 July 2008 at the UN-House in Beirut, Lebanon. The objectives of this meeting are to encourage a comprehensive vision and strategy for international negotiations on shared water resources. It will train up to 15 decision makers and water professionals actively involved in issues related to shared-water resources in Iraq on the actual negotiation process, based on one or more real life case studies catered towards the actual situation in Iraq. The meeting will capitalize on an interactive and participatory approach involving simulation exercises, role-play, discussions and debates, presentations, skills and mechanisms for establishing multi-disciplinary national teams for shared water negotiations.