UN Calls Water Top Priority

January 25th, 2008 in Space & Earth / Environment
UN Calls Water Top Priority (AP)

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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