[RED DEMOCRATICA] UN official: "Security" today includes development goals, energy access

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | UN's Simonovic: Militants' actions against Yazidis equate to genocide Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   October 22, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story UN official: "Security" today includes development goals, energy access The concept of national security has expanded to include access to safe drinking water and sanitation, modern energy services and adequate food, writes Zafar Adeel, director of the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health. "The nexus of water, energy and food security demands re-thinking governance of these sectors," Adeel argues. 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