John Kerry au Vietnam pour affronter un nouvel ennemi: les changements climatiques

John Kerry a combattu au Vietnam et il a ensuite témoigné de son expérience devant le Congrès américain. Aujourd'hui cependant il est est de passage pour affronter un tout nouvel ennemi.

 "Kerry also said he would make it a personal priority to ensure that none of the six countries that share the Mekong -- China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam -- and depend on it for the livelihoods of an estimated 60 million people exploits the river at the expense of the others.

 In a pointed reference to China, which plans several Mekong Dam projects that could seriously affect downstream populations, Kerry said : "No one country has a right to deprive another country of a livelihood, an ecosystem and its capacity for life itself that comes from that river. That river is a global asset, a treasure that belongs to the region."

 The Mekong's resources must "benefit people not just in one country, not just in the country where the waters come first, but in every country that touches this great river."

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