联合国国际水合作年(1/2)
概述： 2013年是“联合国国际水合作年”，目的是帮助人们了解各国在水资源领域合作的巨大潜力，以及这种合作对经济、社会和环境的益处。Hints:
United Nations Associate Administrator of the U.N. Development Programme
Rebeca Grynspan
Tajikistan
Dushanbe
Daniel Reifsnyder
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口语节目地址：http://bulo.hujiang.com/menu/11921/item/818782/http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201309/201309060729104188199.mp3Some 770 million people do not have clean water and 2.5 billion more lack basic sanitation. If the status quo continues, by the year 2025, half of the world's population, around 3 billion people will be living under water-stressed conditions, causing an increase in hunger, disease, preventable death and strife.
According to the United Nations Associate Administrator of the U.N. Development Programme, Rebeca Grynspan, not only is the world experiencing explosive growth in the demand for water resources, but water waste and pollution increasingly threaten the integrity of aquatic and agro ecosystems vital for life and food security.
To help address this issue, the United Nations has declared 2013 The International Year of Water Cooperation. At a recent conference, held in Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Daniel Reifsnyder stated that there is no alternative to global and regional cooperation on water.
As demands rise and supplies decline – as variability increases – there will be conflicts among competing uses and among competing users. There will be legitimate disputes over who has access, and over when and how water is used. There will also be less room for mistakes and greater need to get the most value out of every drop.7.7亿人缺少干净用水，还有超过25亿人缺乏基本的卫生设施。如果这种现状继续下去的话，那么到2025年世界上一半的人口，也就是约30亿人口将生活在供水紧张的情况下，从而导致饥饿，疾病，可预防的死亡和冲突的增加。
按照联合国开发计划署副署长瑞贝卡•格兰斯潘的说法，全球对水资源的需求呈爆炸性增长，同时水资源的浪费和污染对水产农业生态系统的威胁不断加深，该生态系统是生命与食品安全的重要一环。
为了解决这一问题，联合国宣布2013年为国际水资源合作年。最近，在塔吉克斯坦首都杜尚别举行的一次会议上，美国海洋及国际环境和科学事务的副助理国务卿丹尼尔•瑞夫斯奈德表示，在水资源问题上只能通过全球或区域间合作。
随着影响水资源变数的增加，造成了对其的需求上升和供应下降，进而在如何使用和使用者方面引发冲突，对于谁有使用权，以及何时、如何利用水的问题将会出现法律争议，因此允许我们犯错的空间不断减少，最大限度发挥每一滴水价值的需求不断变大。
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