By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, 22 March 2023 (IDN) — A much-quoted line in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's lyrical ballad, 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner', reads: “'water, water everywhere—nor any drop to drink'.
The poem goes back to the year 1798—and more than five centuries later, the cry for water, described as a basic human right, is reverberating throughout the UN General Assembly Hall and committee rooms as hundreds of delegates gathered in New York for a three-day UN Water Conference, scheduled to conclude March 24.
- Thalif Deen
- SUSTAINABILITY
- Clean Water & Sanitation