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Thirsty Yet? Central Asia’s Coming Water Crisis

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Everyone agrees water is a growing problem in the region, but the states of Central Asia can’t agree on what to do.

Putz_Catherine By Catherine Putz June 18, 2015

Thediplomat – “Water is life. Water is health. Water is dignity. Water is a human right,” UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said last week at a conference in Tajikistan aimed at assessing the results of the UN’s decade-long “Water for Life” initiative, launched in 2005.

Reportedly 2,000 participants attended the event, hearing more than 70 reports in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe. But, Eurasianet notes, “despite numerous statements of concern, the meeting produced no substantive measures.” Meaningless conferences apparently don’t just happen in Washington, DC. After an entire decade of concerted focus on the issue, Central Asia remains one of the most irresponsible regions when it comes to water.

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Solving Asia’s water crisis

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[Magazine exclusive] Too much, too little, too dirty – when it comes to water, Asia faces complex problems that require governments, multilateral organisations and the corporate sector to work together to solve.

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Governments in Asia haven’t quite started on addressing the complex water issues in their countries. Indeed, the Asian Development Bank says that the issue is actually one of poor governance. Image: Shutterstock

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Unicef Report Describes Grim Trends for the Poorest Children

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By JUNE 22, 2015 New York Times

Unicef warned Monday of what it described as grim trend lines for the world’s poorest children over the next 15 years, saying in a new report that many millions face preventable deaths, diseases, stunted growth and illiteracy.

The forecasts in the report by Unicef, the United Nations Children’s Fund, suggested that despite reductions of poverty and other deprivations in underdeveloped countries since 2000, as seen in improved national averages, those statistics had obscured a worsening trend among the poorest segments of their populations and may have impeded overall progress.

UNICEF – Progress for Children Report

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UNICEF: Số trẻ em Việt Nam dưới 5 tuổi tử vong đã giảm hơn một nửa

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Chăm sóc trẻ sơ sinh thiếu tháng. (Ảnh: Hồ Cầu/TTXVN)

Ngày 23/6, Quỹ Nhi đồng Liên hợp quốc (UNICEF) tại Việt Nam cho biết UNICEF vừa công bố Báo cáo “Tiến bộ cho Trẻ em,” trong đó nêu bật những bài học kinh nghiệm từ các Mục tiêu phát triển Thiên niên kỷ.

Đây là báo cáo cuối cùng của Quỹ Nhi đồng Liên hợp quốc về những Mục tiêu phát triển Thiên niên kỷ liên quan đến trẻ em. Tiếp tục đọc “UNICEF: Số trẻ em Việt Nam dưới 5 tuổi tử vong đã giảm hơn một nửa” →