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Water is Security
- Date:
- Source:
- OSCE Secretariat
- Fields of work:
- Environmental activities
Water is a strategic resource and an essential element of national and regional security. The OSCE works to make water a resource for co-operation and not competition.
Sustainable water management is key to ensuring peace, stability and security. Although we are making progress in identifying and taking advantage of opportunities for water co-operation, much more needs to be done if we want to be serious about preventing conflict.
Lamberto Zannier OSCE Secretary General
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