UN Calls Water Top Priority
January 25, 2008 By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Writer
Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon speaks during a working session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday Jan. 24, 2008. Climate change topped the agenda as well as pursuing a workable peace process in the Middle East and how technology is ushering in a new age of social networking that knows no borders. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
(AP) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the world on Thursday to put the looming crisis over water shortages at the top of the global agenda this year and take action to prevent conflicts over scarce supplies.
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