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Yahia joined the Ministry of Irrigation and Hydro-Electric Power of Sudan and became its Minister in 1971.
Kurt Waldheim, the UN's then-Secretary-General, selected Yahia as the Secretary-General of the UN Water Conference in late May 1976. (UNWC). Yahia took over from his predecessor, who left him with a small budget and a history of corruption. To assist UNWC in assisting Mageed with his situation, Mostafa Kamal Tolba gave substantial UNEP funds. Yahia contributed to the UNWC being one of the most successful and effective global conferences the UN has ever hosted with his practical understanding of water, charismatic personality, and excellent administration. In his opening address to UNWC, Mageed noted:<blockquote>The success of this conference will be measured not here at Mar del Plata, not by us, but by posterity over the next two decades.</blockquote>By these standards, it is without a shadow of a question that UNWC was a resounding success. Compared to when he arrived, Mageed departed the planet in a far better state.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Biswas |first=Asit K. |date=2021-05-19 |title=Yahia Abdel Mageed (1925–2021) |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2021.1932976 |journal=Water International |volume=46 |issue=4 |pages=626–627 |doi=10.1080/02508060.2021.1932976 |issn=0250-8060}}</ref>
The 1980s should be recognised as the International Water Supply and Sanitation Decade (IWSSD), during which a sizable portion of the world's population would have access to clean water and sanitation, according to Yahia, Mostafa Kamal Tolba, and Asit K. Biswas. A few times after the UNWC concluded, Tolba appointed Mageed, Gilbert White, and Biswas to the International Advisory Board for Water. Until Tolba departed UNEP in 1992, this Board often convened, roughly every nine months. Yahia developed and became an ardent supporter of IWRA. He had significant responsibilities in the World Water Congresses held by IWRA in Ottawa, Cairo, and Rabat. He won the IWRA vice presidential election.
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