[RED DEMOCRATICA] UN's Ban: Greater efforts needed to alleviate water insecurity

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Brahimi previews Syria peace talks as tensions escalate Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   May 22, 2013 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story UN's Ban: Greater efforts needed to alleviate water insecurity The world will run out of freshwater unless more is done to make water supplies more secure, says United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Post-2015 development goals need to include "a set of goals for sustainable development, water and biodiversity," Ban says. 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