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March 26, 2013

'Water Security': Experts propose a UN definition on which much depends
New York NY (SPX) Mar 26, 2013
Amid changing weather and water patterns worldwide and forecasts of more severe transformations to come, calls have been growing for the UN Security Council to include water issues on its agenda. And there's rising international support for adopting "universal water security" as one of the Sustainable Development Goals - a set of mid-term global objectives being formulated to succeed the UN's Millennium Development Goals, agreed by world leaders in 2000 for achievement by 2015. But what doe ... read more

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