THE
FIGARO.
- Why has there not been a
World Water Summit
at the United Nations since 1977
?
To discover
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In the United Nations, there are about thirty agencies, such as the WHO (World Health Organization), the FAO for agriculture or the WMO (World Meteorological Organization), which are interested in water , but each under a different facet.
The vision of water and responsibilities are fragmented.
Even in France, many ministries are interested in water, such as those of Ecological Transition, Health, Agriculture or Energy Transition.
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In 2010, there was a first step taken by the United Nations for access to drinking water and sanitation by recognizing them as human rights.
But it was not until 2015 that a real water revolution was enacted by the United Nations General Assembly: the question of "fresh water", which represents volumes used ten times greater than those of drinking water, was…
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