Berdimuhamedov: world needs the UN Water Strategy

President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, speaking at the 7th World Water Forum in the South Korean city of Daegu, urged the UN to develop a water strategy.

He believes that water problems today cannot be considered in isolation from the global development plans, environmental and food security, the creation of an integrated system of sustainable energy.

"We see the possibility of a systematic and multi-level dialogue, aimed at consideration of all the problems associated with the formation and reduction of water sources, in the creation of a new political and diplomatic form of multilateral communication," Trend cited the President.

This joint activity can be the foundation for the work on the preparation of a comprehensive UN document on water, such as the Water Strategy of the United Nations.

Berdimuhamedov also drew attention to the access to water, noting the need to recognize it as a fundamental human right.