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World Water Forums: Time to end them |
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Thursday, 02 April 2009 |
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Source: www.indiatogether.org/ Activists and governments alike demand that future deliberations on water issues be brought within the legitimate fold of the UN, and not hosted by private and corporate interests.
Shripad Dharmadhikary reports. 31 March 2009 - The World Water Forum describes itself as "the main water related event in the world" and "the world's largest water event". The latter is likely to be true. |
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Water Rights Activists Blast Istanbul World Water Forum |
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Thursday, 02 April 2009 |
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Source: Democracy Now Sunday was World Water Day and marked the close of a week-long gathering held in Istanbul, Turkey to discuss water policy at a time when over a billion people lack access to clean water and 2.5 billion people lack water for proper sanitation. Activists from the People’s Water Forum, an alternative formation representing the rural poor, the environment and organized labor, slammed the official event as a non-inclusive, corporate-driven fraud pushing for water privatization and called for a more open, democratic and transparent forum. |
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The water forum ends with mixed conclusions |
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Tuesday, 24 March 2009 |
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Source: Turkish Daily News , 24.03.2009 ISTANBUL - The 5th World Water Forum, which started last week with the participation of 155 countries, ended on Sunday with mixed conclusions as the final declaration of the ministerial statement did not characterize water as a ’human right’ but instead stated it was a ’basic human need’.
While the 5th World Water Forum began in Istanbul last Monday with the aim of striving for clean water and sanitation around the globe and "bridging divides for water," the week’s events - especially the forum’s conclusion on Sunday - showed a significant divide in opinion. |
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Alternative forum: Water a right |
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Monday, 23 March 2009 |
Source: Turkish Daily News , 23.03.2009
ISTANBUL - The Alternative Water Forum wrapped up Sunday with a closing assembly after a full day of workshops, seminars and lectures espousing an alternate perspective on water management and policy.
The forum was organized as an alternative to the 5th World Water Forum, which took place in Istanbul over the last week. Bilgi University’s SantralIstanbul campus played host to the water dissidents for the last two days. The jam-packed forum schedule included lectures called Anti-Dam Struggles, Water Poisoned by Nationalism, Water as a Common Good and Water Management, as well as Water and Women. |
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UN urges action on water policies |
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Monday, 23 March 2009 |
By Anita McNaught in Istanbul, Source: Al Jazeera English , 22.03.2009
Activists say mismanaged water supplies put populations in Africa and elsewhere at risk [GETTY]
More than 20,000 delegates and unofficial participants representing 150 countries are expected to converge on Istanbul, Turkey, to attend the fifth World Water Forum, the world's most significant water policy and discussion event.
The forum, this year called "Bridging the Divides for Water", is expected to host a week of urgent debate. |
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