Media Statement of the Water Justice Movement
Media Statement: “As water justice advocates from five continents gathered together in Dakar, Senegal for the World Social Forum, we applaud Bolivian President Evo Morales’ proposed United Nations declaration to block the sale of public water service to private companies."
World Social Forum in Dakar, Senegal
“As water justice advocates from five continents gathered together in Dakar, Senegal for the World Social Forum, we applaud Bolivian President Evo Morales’ proposed United Nations declaration to block the sale of public water service to private companies.
“From Cochabamba, Bolivia to Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, to Marseille, France, private water companies have deprived people of their human right to water in the name of profit. We oppose the dominant economic model that prescribes privatization, commercialization and corporatization of public water and sanitation services. We will counter this type of destructive and non-participatory public sector reform, having seen the outcomes for poor people as a result of rigid cost-recovery practices and the use of pre-paid meters.
“Looking forward to the next World Water Forum in 2012, we will continue to denounce corporations that attempt to dictate community water service, and we will advocate for community-driven solutions that protect water as a human right, a public good and a part of the global commons.”
Signed,
ACRA – Associazione di Cooperazione Rurale in Africa e America Latina
ATTAC, France
Blue Planet Project, Canada
CEVI – Centre for International Volunteering, Italia
CICMA -Italian Committee for a World Water Contract
Corporate Europe Observatory
Council of Canadians
David Barkin, México
Durban Green Corridor, South Africa
Enginyeria Sense Fronteresc- Catalunya
Food & Water Watch, USA
Foro Italiano de los Movimiento por el Agua
France Libertés
Housing-Water-Sanitation Associates, Cameroon
Jeunes Volontaires pour l’Environnement, Togo
Kenya Local Government Workers Union
Mesas Técnicas de Agua, Venezuela
Municipal Services Project, Global
People’s Coalition for the Right to Water (KRUHA), Indonesia
Public Services International
Solange Chassot La Liane Saint Louis, Senegal
Transnational Institute, Europe
VAAL Environmental Justice Alliance, South Africa
Water Right Campaign, Turkey
Zanzibar Water Authority, Tanzania
Déclaration Multimédia du Mouvement de Justice d’Eau
10 Février 2011
Forum Social Mondial à Dakar, Senegal
“Comme défenseurs de la justice de l’eau venant des cinq continents et réunis à Dakar, Sénégal pour le Forum Social Mondial, nous applaudissons la declaration proposée aux Nations Unies du président bolivien Evo Morales pour bloquer la vente de service public de l’eau aux entreprises privées.
“De Cochabamba, Bolivie à Dar Es Salaam, Tanzanie, à Marseille, France, sociétés des eaux privées ont privé les gens de leur droit humain à l’eau au nom du profit. Nous opposons le modèle économique dominant qui prescrit la privatisation, la commercialisation et la ‘corporatisation’ des services publiques d’eau et d’assainissement. Nous lutterons contre ce type de réforme destructive et non-participative du secteur public, après avoir vu les résultats pour les auvres à la suite des pratiques de redressement des coûts rigides et l’utilisation de compteurs prépayés.
“Attendant avec impatience le prochain Forum mondial de l’eau en 2012, nous continuerons à dénoncer les sociétés qui tentent de dicter service communautaire de l’eau, et nous préconisons les solutions communautaires qui protègent l’eau comme un droit de l’homme, un bien public et une partie du bien commun.“
Signé,
ACRA – Associazione di Cooperazione Rurale in Africa e America Latina
ATTAC, France
Blue Planet Project, Canada
CEVI – Centre for International Volunteering, Italia
CICMA -Italian Committee for a World Water Contract
Corporate Europe Observatory
Council of Canadians
David Barkin, México
Durban Green Corridor, South Africa
Enginyeria Sense Fronteresc- Catalunya
Food & Water Watch, USA
Foro Italiano de los Movimiento por el Agua
France Libertés
Housing-Water-Sanitation Associates, Cameroon
Jeunes Volontaires pour l’Environnement, Togo
Kenya Local Government Workers Union
Mesas Técnicas de Agua, Venezuela
Municipal Services Project, Global
People’s Coalition for the Right to Water (KRUHA), Indonesia
Public Services International
Solange Chassot La Liane Saint Louis, Senegal
Transnational Institute, Europe
VAAL Environmental Justice Alliance, South Africa
Water Right Campaign, Turkey
Zanzibar Water Authority, Tanzania