30TH Anniversary of the Declaration On The Right To Development.

We, heads of State and Government, have gathered at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 6 to 8 September 2000, at the dawn of a new millennium, to reaffirm our faith in the Organization and its Charter as indispensable foundations of a more peaceful, prosperous and just world. (UN Millennium Declaration)

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Two Billion People Are Running Out Of Water.

"A research team led by scientists at the University of California, Irvine, examined the world’s 37 largest aquifers between 2003 and 2013 and found that one-third of them were “stressed,” meaning more water was being removed than replenished, according to one of two studies published Tuesday in the journal Water Resources Research". (David Kirby, Article "Two billion people are running out of water" in Takepart. com, June 17, 2015). 

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Two billion people running out of water.