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NEWS: Nestlé chairman promotes ‘global public-private’ policy body at the World Water Forum
Nestlé Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe – who has stated that the idea of water as a basic human right is “extreme” – is attending the corporate World Water Forum in Marseille, France. He made comments there yesterday as his corporation launched their report ‘Creating Shared Value Report 2011, which outlines their take on the need for…
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UPDATE: Civil society prepares for meeting with governments tomorrow in Marseille
This evening, about 20 water justice activists from France, Spain, Belgium, Britain, Canada, the United States, Bolivia and the Philippines met in Marseille to plan for a meeting tomorrow afternoon with governments attending the World Water Forum. Invitations have gone to all governments asking them to step outside the corporate-dominated conference to meet with civil…
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UPDATE: Council signs statement deploring exclusion of right to water from World Water Forum ministerial declaration
The Council of Canadians and Blue Planet Project have signed a global ‘call to action for the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation’. That statement says, “We, the undersigned organizations, are deeply concerned that the 6th World Water Forum plans to adopt a Ministerial Declaration that fails to commit States to the realization…
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NEWS: Water privatization, water markets agenda likely to dominate Rio+20
The Financial Times reports, “June marks the 20th anniversary of the Rio Earth Summit… It is being marked by another summit, known as Rio+20. But while the 1992 meeting was policy-focused, with more than 100 heads of state turning up to hammer out a deal, business is set to play a much bigger role this…
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NEWS: Two water conferences with competing visions
Euractiv reports, “Competing international conferences (are) taking place in Marseille next week… The Alternative World Water Forum – known by its French acronym FAME, or Forum Alternatif Mondial de l’Eau – says it offers a ‘democratic’ choice to the other Marseille gathering they say represents an élite that ignores the need for affordable water. …(While)…
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NEWS: UN special rapporteur says right to water must guide Rio+20 talks
A media release issued yesterday by Catarina de Albuquerque, the United Nations special rapporteur on the right to water and sanitation, states, “The independent expert stressed that the international human rights standard on water and sanitation agreed at the UN must guide the negotiations at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in Brazil in…
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FORUM ALTERNATIF MONDIALDE L’EAU
From March 14 to 17, 2012, the Alternative World Water Forum (FAME or Forum Alternatif Mondial de l’Eau) will be held in Marseille, France. This event is being organized by associations and movements; trade unions, NGOs, citizens and local authorities from all over the world. Download: FAME Leaflet If you would like to contribute to…
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2012 World Water Forum
The Council of Canadians has been challenging the World Water Forum for more than 12 years. The 6th World Water Forum will take place March 12-17 in Marseille, France.
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UPDATE: Karunananthan speaks at ‘People, Planet & Water’ conference
We are at the ‘People, Planet & Water’ conference, a ‘meeting for international civil society propositions’, one of several progressive gatherings prior to the corporate-dominated World Water Forum in Marseille. At this moment, there is a gathering for the presentation of the book, ‘The Human Right to Water and Sanitation at the United Nations: Victory…
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NEWS: UN special rapporteur challenges ‘minority of countries’ for removing right to water in declaration
The Kuwait News Agency reports, “The United Nations Special Rapporteur Catarina de Albuquerque today warned that the right to safe drinking water and sanitation will be sidelined at the 6th World Water Forum… ‘It comes as an unwelcome surprise that the draft ministerial declaration…still does not recognize the human right to water and sanitation that…