Message from new Acting Secretary General

My name is Masaru Kubota. I was appointed as Acting Secretary General by the Chairperson, Dr. Amron on November 13 according to the charter. First of all, I would like to express my thanks to Mr. HAMADA, the former Secretary General, for his great contributions to NARBO activities during his 2 years and 1 month tenure.

I'll try to do my best to fulfill the duties for the further development of NARBO activities together with the secretariat under the guidance of the Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson.

I've been working in the field of river administration in the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to improve the water resources management especially on river basin field for many years. I'm really happy to establish and promote IWRM in the river basins in Asia with my knowledge and experiences.

For NARBO activities, each member's active involvement especially in information exchange and sharing based on the ownership is indispensable. All of us have to remember this again and join forces with each other to promote NARBO activities much further.