U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is a man with a mission; he recently announced that he is inviting world leaders to a “critical high level meeting” in September 2008. Among the goals for this meeting is halving the number of people who lack access to safe drinking water by 2015, particularly in Africa. Ban Ki-moon is pushing this to the top of his agenda because he sees a significant connection between water scarcity and armed conflict. More