In her opening address, Ms Bokova stressed the importance to act where needs were most acute, pointing to Africa where over 300 of the 800 million people in the Sub-Saharan region live in a water-scarce environment.
The President is committed to moving comprehensive energy legislation, understanding, though, that in the environment that we live -- everything takes 60 votes in the U.S. Senate, which means there have to be -- there has to be bipartisan support and bipartisan cooperation for moving forward and getting something done.