The International Institute for water in Stockholm, the experts and officials from one hundred countries have come to Sweden the discuss in Stockholm, the necessary measures to ensure the best water resources in the world.
They will engage participants on the issue of support received by farmers, which is one of the reasons is contributing to the impoverishment of developing countries, On the theme of "virtual water" used in food production, aiming to reduce the number of persons deprived of water. There is much movement.
The United Nations reports that one billion people in the world is currently deprived of drinking water.The United Nations has issued a report late last year which said that half of Earth's population will suffer water shortages within the next thirty years if not the matter. Isn’t rectified.
According to the United Nations Development bound 1.1 billion people worldwide do not have access to drinking water and 2.4 billion lack access to adequate health equipment, while 2.2 million people the die.
In addition the USA took the initiative to provide similar projects such as one provided by the Hilton to provide drinking water in rural communities.
These initiatives dubbed, without a doubt the most successful form of the summit, but it did not compensate for the lack of political statements made.
The summit suggested the United States to establish a goal of reducing the number of persons deprived of clean water by 2015 to half, but this proposal did not meet them approval of the delegates, as the Danish presidency announced to the European Union on Wednesday.
For its part, the World Bank announced that the water should be a catalyst for cooperation among States, and called for countries to agree on how to take advantage of the shared water resources, especially Trans Boundary Rivers.
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