Author: Mahmoud Saadeh (Mahmoud Saadeh)

Input to the Thematic Report to the 78th session of the UN General Assembly “The rights to water and sanitation as a tool for peace, prevention and cooperation”
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Input to the Thematic Report to the 78th session of the UN General Assembly “The rights to water and sanitation as a tool for peace, prevention and cooperation”

May 25, 2023November 20, 2023

25 May 2023 PAX, the largest peace organisation in the Netherlands, together with Syrians for Truth and Justice, PÊL- Civil Waves, Humat Dijlah and the Sudd Environment Agency, active in Syria, Iraq and South Sudan respectively, have been documenting for years conflict-related environmental degradation involving water resources and its adverse effects on the health, livelihoods...

Iraq’s water quality in decline despite record government spending, report finds
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Iraq’s water quality in decline despite record government spending, report finds

March 23, 2023November 20, 2023

The National News A report has shed light on the grim water situation across Iraq, 20 years after the US-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein’s Baath regime. Sewage and petrochemical pollution still contaminates domestic supply in major cities such as Basra, scene of a wave of protests in 2018 after more than 120,000 people were sickened by poor...

Iraq’s water quality in decline despite record government spending, report finds
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Iraq’s water quality in decline despite record government spending, report finds

March 23, 2023November 20, 2023

The National News A report has shed light on the grim water situation across Iraq, 20 years after the US-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein’s Baath regime. Sewage and petrochemical pollution still contaminates domestic supply in major cities such as Basra, scene of a wave of protests in 2018 after more than 120,000 people were sickened by poor...