Water Scarcity Threatens Much of the World, UN Report

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By Environment News Service | 13 March 2012 | 249

"If we fail today to make water an instrument of peace, it might become tomorrow a major source of conflict," warns UNESCO director-general Irina Bokova in her foreword to the UN World Water Development Report released today at the opening of the World Water Forum in Marseilles. "Freshwater is a core issue for sustainable development - and it is slipping through the cracks." Read More