Lack of access to water can fuel conflict and even threaten peace and stability

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on Dec 30, 2014

by Jan Eliasson, deputy secretary-general of the United Nations.

The world is experiencing a surge of water-related crises. The eastern basin of the Aral Sea dried up completely in August, for the first time in 600 years. California has experienced an unprecedented three-year drought. Demographic changes and unsustainable economic practices are affecting the quality and quality of water at our disposal.

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