Excellencies, distinguished participants, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to start by

thanking the President of the General Assembly, his Excellency, Mr. Miroslav Leicic, for

the invitation to moderate the panel on contribution of the water decade to the implementation

of water-related SDGs, addressing challenges and saving opportunities through strengthening

cooperation and partnerships.

I now invite our fifth speaker, Mr. Sadguru, a yogi, mystic and visionary, to deliver

his remarks.

Mr. Sadguru, as one of India's 50 most influential people, established Isha Foundation, a nonprofit

volunteer-run organization operating worldwide.

Mr. Sadguru has initiated several projects for social revitalization, education and environment

through which millions of people have been given the means to overcome poverty, improve

their quality of life, and achieve community-based sustainable development.

In the fall of 2017, Mr. Sadguru initiated Raleigh for Rivers, a nationwide campaign

aiming to implement sustainable and long-term policy changes to revitalize India's severally

depleted rivers, which found great support among India's leadership and the people.

You have the floor, Mr. Sadguru, please.

We'd have to know, everybody, the first and foremost is to make everybody on this planet

to understand that water is not a commodity, it's the life-making material, the stuff we

are made of or two-thirds of the planet is water, two-thirds of our bodies water.

But where is the water gone?

Actually water is not gone anywhere.

Whatever water we had on this planet a million years ago, we still have the same amount, it's

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