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0156006 - Lake Baikal
March 22, 2001 is the International Day of Water Resources, marked since the UN Conference on Environment and Development proclaimed it at a 1992 session in Rio de Janeiro. According to the information of the World Health Organisation, more than 1 billion people are forced to drink contaminated water every day, while 2.4 billion, or 40% of the world population, have to do without water-purifying services. Every year, diseases resulting from poor quality of drinking water bring about the death of 3.4 million people, children mostly. Irkutsk Region, Russia. Baikal, one of the purest lakes on the planet, was entered on the UNESCO list of World Heritage. Lake Baikal contains around one fifth of the world stock of fresh water, glaciers exclusive.
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