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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Baghdad - Fadhel al-Nashmi

UNAMI Warns of Water Scarcity in Iraq

Special Representative for Iraq and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert briefs the Security Council on 3 March, 2020. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, voiced concern over water shortage and ineffective management of water resources in Iraq.

The warnings of the UN representative, which she addressed to political leaders through a message distributed by the UNAMI mission, come as the country faces a severe drought and a decline in the water levels of most of Iraq’s rivers.

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