PHA-Exchange> Urgent Right to Water Sign-on!!!!

[Tawnia Queen]

>Please post this widely to your networks!
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>We are writing to ask you to urgently support the following 
>statement on the right to water, in advance of the Second Summit of 
>Heads of States of the Community of South American Nations, taking 
>place in Cochabamba, Bolivia, Dec. 8-9, 2006.
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>The sign-on statement and list of signatories will be distributed to 
>all 12 heads of state by our friends in Bolivia.
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>It is our intention to also take out a full page advertisement in 
>the Cochabamba newspaper to highlight our collective efforts - 
>included at the bottom will be the names and countries of all 
>signatories. Please ensure your organization is represented in this 
>effort by responding promptly. The deadline for sign-on is Dec.7th
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>If you want to be part of this exciting initiative please respond 
>quickly to Roberto Cruz at <mailto:rcruz at magma.ca>rcruz at magma.ca  - 
>please include the name of your organisation and your country, this 
>will be used in the ad to show the international solidarity and 
>strength of our movement.
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>Statement:
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>We, the undersigned organizations, endorse the efforts to establish 
>water as a human right, outlined in the proposal from President Eva 
>Morales to the head of states and people of South America, dated 
>October 2, 2006
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>This proposal calls for a:
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>South American convention for human rights and access for all living 
>beings to water. As a region privileged with 27% of fresh water 
>supplies in the world, we need to discuss and approve a South 
>American Convention on Water that guarantees access to this vital 
>resource to all living beings. We need to preserve water, in its 
>different uses, from processes of privatizations and the market 
>logic that are imposed in trade agreements. I am convinced that this 
>South American treaty on Water would be a decisive step towards a 
>Global Convention on Water.
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>Our organizations endorse this position and insist governments work 
>with social movements to ensure democratic participation in reaching 
>these ends. We renew our call for an international water convention 
>which guarantees people's right to water, protects our environment, 
>prevents interference and abuses by corporations, trade agreements 
>and international financial institutions, and supports governments 
>to meet this responsibility.
>We affirm that water belongs to the earth and all species for all 
>time, It is an inalienable human right and a public trust to be 
>protected and nurtured by all peoples, communities and nations.
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>Finally, we proclaim that the management and protection of the 
>world's water resources must absolutely be based on the principles 
>of justice, solidarity, reciprocity, equity, diversity, and 
>sustainability, because water is a fundamental right for humans and 
>all living things.
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>Signed;
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Jeff Conant, Project Coordinator,
A Community Guide to Environmental Health
Hesperian Foundation - Publishing for Community Health and Empowerment

Telephone in New Mexico:
Home: 505 776 8279/ Cell: 505 770 2829

Defend people's right to water!
Please join the People's Health Movement and other organizations in 
working toward a water-secure future by signing the People's 
Statement on the Right to Water. 
<http://www.righttowater.net/>www.righttowater.net








Defend people's right to water!
Please join the People's Health Movement and other organizations in 
working toward a water-secure future by signing the People's 
Statement on the Right to Water. 
<http://www.righttowater.net/>www.righttowater.net

HEALTH FOR ALL NOW !
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Tawnia Queen
International Publications Associate
People's Health Movement Advocate (North American Regional Circle)
Hesperian Foundation
1919 Addison St. #304
Berkeley, CA. 94704
(510)845-1447 ext. 203
phm at hesperian.org  
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