Asia-Pacific Summit
Water shortages are likely to be trigger for wars, UN warns
Submitted by MichaelVail on Tue, 12/04/2007 - 8:12pm.
A struggle by nations to secure sources of clean water will be "potent fuel" for war, the first Asia-Pacific Water Summit heard yesterday.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki Moon, told delegates from across the region that the planet faced a water crisis that was especially troubling for Asia.

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