Discussion
Kofi Annan emphasized on some aspects of sustainable development in 2002 Earth Summit acronymed as WEHAB. This acronym includes - (Select the correct answer by using the codes given below :
(i) Water
(ii) Water and Sanitation
(iii) Energy
(iv) Employment
(v) Health
(vi) Housing
(vii) Agriculture
(viii) Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management
(ix) Biotechnology
(x) Agro-industry
Answer: D
WEHAB stands for water and sanitation, energy, health, agriculture and biodiversity and ecosystem management, the five areas Kofi Annan stressed at the 2002 Johannesburg Earth Summit. This is (ii), (iii), (v), (vii) and (viii), option D.
Option A includes agro-industry and plain water, B includes employment, housing and biotechnology, and C includes biotechnology. These are not the five named areas. Water and Sanitation is a single item in WEHAB, so the combined item (ii) is used and not the plain item (i).
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