What about Iraq?.. A UN warning: the dangers of water scarcity afflict the Arab world

[size=35][size=35]What about Iraq?.. A UN warning: the dangers of water scarcity afflict the Arab world[/size]
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2023-04-04 | 01:22
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Alsumaria News - International

Climate change is striking with all its force in the Arab region, threatening its most important natural resource, which is water, amid warnings issued by the United Nations of an increase in conflicts and instability in the region as a result of water scarcity.

It was said by Rola[url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/2119945244/%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF %D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87 %D8%AF%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%8A/ar/]Abdullah Dashti[/url], Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), during a seminar organized by the Commission in cooperation with the League of Arab States on the sidelines[url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/295469120/%D9%85%D8%A4%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B1 %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%85 %D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%A9 %D9%84%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%87/ar/]United Nations Water Conference[/url]In New York, on the water issue, the district is "not on the right track."
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During the symposium titled "The Joint Commitment of the Arab Region to Accelerate the Achievement of Water Security", in the presence of ministers, officials and experts, she added that 50 million people in the Arab region lack drinking water, and 90 percent of the population lives in water-scarce countries, noting that water is considered in the region. Arabia is a source of prosperity, but it is also a potential cause of instability and conflict, as water scarcity is related to water and food security.

And she stressed the need to adhere to water diplomacy between countries, through cooperation in the field of water across borders, indicating that ESCWA launched[url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/3732498229/%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B2 %D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%A9 %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%82%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A/ar/]Regional Knowledge Center[/url]Known simply as "RICAR", it is an initiative to assess the impact of climate change on water resources, and contributes to the exchange of information necessary for cooperation.

Bedouh, Professor of Water Resources at Cairo University, and strategic expert at the General Assembly of the Food Organization of the United Nations "FAO", Dr[url=https://www.alsumaria.tv/Entity/702193477/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1 %D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1 %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86/ar/]Nader Noureddine[/url]What the United Nations official mentioned was also warned by the annual report of the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development.
He continued that the 22 Arab countries, including 19, suffer from water scarcity, and there are only 3 countries rich in water or above the water poverty line, which are Mauritania and[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]And[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], and even[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]After the dams (which Türkiye and Iran build on the headwaters of rivers[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]Its water security is threatened.

And he indicated that it is not easy to develop water resources such as rivers, freshwater lakes, and rain, because they are constant in the world, while the population is increasing, indicating that the Arab region is one of the driest regions in the world, and the rains are few, while the evaporation rate is high.

He pointed out that there are no rivers in it except in Lebanon and Syria[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]Egypt and[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]While the majority depends on groundwater, noting that the desert climate is also an influential factor, as 80 percent of the Arab region is desert.

He explained that in addition to water scarcity for natural reasons, there is human misconsumption in threatening the available water, such as the survival of agriculture in many places with traditional irrigation systems wasting water, stressing that the solution is to develop irrigation systems, especially since agriculture consumes 80-90 percent of water Region.[/size]
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