Recently drought has been looming in southern Taiwan. An anti-drought meeting,  equivalent to a national security scale gathering, chaired by President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) and participated by ministers from related ministries and departments, was held on December 19^th, 2009, showing that the authorities highly emphasize the water scarcity problem and recognize that the prolonged drought is a national security crisis. …

Mr. President d'Escoto Brockmann,
President Evo Morales,
Mr. Leonardo Boff,
Ambassadors and Representatives of Member States, Ladies and Gentlemen,
and a special thanks to Bolivia and the more that 50 Sponsors of the Resolution. …