UN Chronicle E-Alert: THE POWER OF WATER

Even as the work of the United Nations Security Council during the first part of this yearoften overshadowed other activities of the Organization, the UN Chronicle, the quarterly flagship publication of the UN Department of Public Information, continued its efforts toprovide coverage of a broad range of issues of importance to the world. With an estimated one million persons dying every month as a result of water scarcityor water-borne disease, the latest issue of the UN Chronicle focuses on freshwater andthe 3rd World Water Forum in Kyoto, Japan-the major gathering of the InternationalYear of Freshwater 2003. It also includes coverage of the fifty-seventh General Assembly, which was marked byconsideration of political, economic and environmental concerns that affect everyone.Other articles deal with international migration, HIV/AIDS and other diseases, the GlobalCompact, terrorism, as well as international peace and security. These stories and more can all be found in Volume XL, Number 1, 2003:

Issue 1, 2003

· Guest Column - International Year of Freshwater: A Viewpoint from Central Asia"

by Emomali Rakhmonov, President of the Republic of Tajikistan.

· Networks: Creating Collaborative Hubs Within, and Among, the United Nations"

by Sarah Wolfe, doctoral student at the University of Guelph, Canada

(Geography), who's part of the Guelph Water Management Group is

researching network innovation, organizations and water management

decisions.

· The Chronicle Interview: 'A whole new, or very old, revival of natural resources'"

by Horst Rutsch, for the Chronicle. Ashok Khosla, founding Director

of Development Alternatives , talks about water systems and sustain-

able livelihoods.

· Reflections: World Summit on Nobel Peace Laureates"

by Douglas Roche O. C., Senator of Canada, who attended the Nobel

Summit as the representative of the International Peace Bureau (Nobel

laureate of 1910).

· Hardship at Home, Hardship Abroad: The Migration 'System' Doesn't Work"

by Russell Taylor, for the Chronicle.

· First Person: It Is Not As If Somebody Said There Would Be No Miracle"

The author of this article, written for the Chronicle, has chosen to

remain anonymous. She candidly talks about her life's experience

and everyday struggle with AIDS.

· Of Conflict, and Post-conflict, Situations: Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)"

by Vikram Sura with Jonas Hagen, for the Chronicle.

· SystemWatch - NEPAD: Making Individual Bests a Continental Norm"

by K. Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission

for Africa and board member of the Development Gateway Foundation.

· PeaceWatch

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