Wasser – ein globales Gut - Koordination Südliches Afrika

Unterrichtseinheit IIV
☞ MIV – 7b
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der Vereinten
Nationen
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There is a water crisis. It is a crisis of governance,
and it is a crisis directly impacting life,
livelihoods and well-being as these are experienced
each day. Despite some action, despite
some strategic planning, on a day-to-day basis
and from year to year, the everyday lives of an
alarming number of people have steadily worsened
and will continue to do so if we assume
buisiness as usual. The fact remains thought
that reaching the Millenium targets by 2015 will
improve the daily lives of several billion people,
yet many countries are still not on track to reach
those targets. If they are not reached, or are only
partially achieved, many millions of people will
subsist in poverty.
We know how diffi cult the road to attaining
these targets will be. What we do not know is
whether or not we are even able to attain them.
But they are an essential tool for gauging progress
and act as incentives to push on. When the
mothers of the world see that their children are
healthier, that they are better fed, they will know
that progress has been made. These are the best
indicators.
What is at stake is whether we – the family
of nations, countries, local communities
and individuals – can honestly say that we have
seized every opportunity and mustered every bit
of talent and energy to work towards the desired
goal. Although it is indeed a daunting task
THE ROLE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS
that faces us, every one of us has a role to play
in bringing our planet and our people back to
health. Ensuring a broader knowledge base and
thus empowering everyone to act, is a responsibility
we all can – and must – assume. We are all
stakeholders in the Earth, and integrating the
efforts of goverments, institutions, communities
and individuals is the only way in which we press
forward. To give up is to abondom the Earth and
its inhabitants to a world without hope.
Quelle: The United Nations World Water Development
Report (2003).
Vokabeln
livelihood Lebensunterhalt
to subsist hier: leben
to gauge messen
to be at stake auf dem Spiel stehen
to muster aufbieten
to daunt entmutigen
to abandom überlassen
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2. Unterstreichen Sie zwei Sätze, die Sie für die
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3. „Every one has a role to play“ – wie könnte
Ihre Rolle im Kampf gegen Armut und für eine
verbesserte Wasserversorgung aussehen?